Advances in Virus Research

Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-0-12-815201-0
Verlag: William Andrew Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 402 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 790 g

Advances in Virus Research, Volume 100 presents the latest release in this ongoing series that provides the broadest topical coverage. New sections to this release include the species problem in virology, a short intro/history of AVR, the role of immune responses in HIV and mother-to-child transmission, autophagy/polio/dengue, ASFV biology and vaccine approaches, morbillivirus pathogenesis, viruses of plant-interacting fungi, parvovirus evolution, protein localization and interaction studies in plants, respiratory coronaviruses and their reservoirs, H5N8, an orchestra of reovirus receptors, antiviral immune response and the route of infection in Drosophila melanogaster, and more.

Zielgruppe

<p>Professional virologists, from professors to graduate students.</p>

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Kielian, Margaret

Mettenleiter, Thomas

Roossinck, Marilyn J.

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Infektionskrankheiten
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Medizinische Mikrobiologie & Virologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The Species Problem in Virology Marc H. Van Regenmortel 2. The Role of Immune Responses in HIV Mother-to-Child Transmission Julie Overbaugh and Caitlin Milligan 3. African swine fever virus biology and vaccine approaches Juergen A. Richt 4. Morbillivirus Pathogenesis and Virus-Host Interactions Veronika von Messling 5. Viruses of Plant-Interacting Fungi Nobuhiro Suzuki 6. Protein localization and interaction studies in plants: toward defining complete proteomes by visualization Michael Goodin 7. So what have plant viruses ever done for virology and molecular biology? George P. Lomonossoff 8. Respiratory coronaviruses and their reservoirs Christian Drosten 9. Filoviruses: Ecology, Molecular Biology and Evolution Heinz Feldmann 10. An Orchestra of Reovirus Receptors: Still Searching for the Conductor Terence Dermody, Pavithra Aravamudhan and Danica Sutherland 11. Antiviral immune response and the route of infection in Drosophila melanogaster Maria-Carla Saleh 12. Changing role of wild birds in the epidemiology of avian influenza A viruses Thijs Kuiken 13. Intracellular Antiviral Immunity Leo C. James 14. How does vaccinia virus interfere with interferon? Geoffrey Smith

Über Autor(innen)

Roossinck, Marilyn J.
Prof. Marilyn J. Roossinck works at the Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania, USA.

Kielian, Margaret
Professor Margaret Kielian works at the Department of Cell Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, USA.

Mettenleiter, Thomas
Born: March 18, 1957 in Goeppingen, Germany
Nationality: German
1963-1967: Elementary School
1967-1976: High School (Gymnasium)
1976: Diploma (Abitur)
1976-1977: Compulsory Military Service
1977-1982: Study of biology at Tuebingen University, Germany
1982-1985: Ph.D. work at Federal Research Centre for Virus Diseases of Animals,
Tuebingen, Germany
1985: Ph.D. in Genetics
1986-1987: Postdoctoral Fellow at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Department of Microbiology
1988-today: Federal Research Centre for Virus Diseases of Animals
1990: Habilitation (prerequisite for professorship)
since 1994: Director of the Institute of Molecular Biology at the Federal Research Centre for Virus Diseases of Animals, Insel Riems, Germany
since 1996: President of the Federal Research Centre for Virus Diseases of Animals (renamed in 2004 'Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut')
since 1997: Professor of Virology at University of Greifswald

Scientific Work:

More than 300 peer-reviewed publications in international journals (listed in PubMed) on different aspects of infectious animal diseases.