UID:
edocfu_9960073345002883
Format:
1 online resource (xvii, 344 pages) :
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illustrations (some color), maps
ISBN:
0-12-405515-X
Series Statement:
Gale eBooks
Content:
The Role of Animals in Emerging Viral Diseases presents what is currently known about the role of animals in the emergence or re-emergence of viruses including HIV-AIDS, SARS, Ebola, avian flu, swine flu, and rabies. It presents the structure, genome, and methods of transmission that influence emergence and considers non-viral factors that favor emergence, such as animal domestication, human demography, population growth, human behavior, and land-use changes. When viruses jump species, the result can be catastrophic, causing disease and death in humans and animals. These zoonotic outbreaks
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Front Cover; The Role of Animals in Emerging Viral Diseases; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Chapter 1 - A Short Introduction to Disease Emergence; INTRODUCTION; HUMAN FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE EMERGENCE; VIRUS FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE EMERGENCE; ANIMAL FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE EMERGENCE; EMERGING VIRUSES; REFERENCES; Chapter 2 - Patterns of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus Distribution in Africa: The Role of Livestock and Wildlife in Virus Emergence; THE DISEASE; GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION AND POTENTIAL FOR EMERGENCE; HISTORICAL EMERGENCE OF FMD IN AFRICA
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MAINTENANCE OF FMD IN DIFFERENT RESERVOIR POPULATIONS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAOPPORTUNITIES FOR BUFFALO-TO-LIVESTOCK TRANSMISSION; IMPORTANCE OF FMD IN DEVELOPING COMMUNITIES IN AFRICA; PROSPECTS FOR FMD CONTROL IN AFRICA; CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 3 - Parvoviruses of Carnivores: Their Transmission and the Variation of Viral Host Range; Their Transmission and the Variation of Viral Host Range; INTRODUCTION; THE HOSTS; THE VIRUS; PARVOVIRUSES OF CARNIVORES-THE EARLY YEARS; EMERGENCE OF CPV-A NEW VIRUS IN DOGS
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EVOLUTION OF THE HOST RECEPTOR, AND THE ROLE OF SPECIFIC VIRUS BINDINGEVOLUTION OF THE VIRUSES IN DEEP TIME AND OVER THE PAST DECADES; EPIDEMIOLOGY, CONTROL, VACCINES AND PROTECTION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 4 - Rabies: Animal Reservoirs of an Ancient Disease; INTRODUCTION; HUMAN TRANSLOCATION OF DOMESTIC RABID ANIMALS; HUMAN TRANSLOCATION OF RABID WILDLIFE; TRANSLOCATION BY ANIMAL MIGRATION; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION; LIVESTOCK; CHALLENGES OF URBAN WILDLIFE; CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; CONCLUDING REMARKS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES
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Chapter 5 - Lassa Fever: A rodent-human interactionINTRODUCTION; THE SYMPTOMS OF LASSA FEVER; THE GENOME; THE RESERVOIR; TRANSMISSION: RODENT TO HUMAN; TRANSMISSION: HUMAN TO HUMAN; TRANSMISSION: HUMAN TO RODENT; DISTRIBUTION OF DISEASE; CO-EVOLUTION; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; Chapter 6 - Henipaviruses: Deadly Zoonotic Paramyxoviruses of Bat Origin; INTRODUCTION; GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION; CLASSIFICATION; GENOME ORGANIZATION; REPLICATION CYCLE; HENDRA VIRUS; NATURAL RESERVOIRS OF HENIPAVIRUSES; TRANSMISSION OF HENDRA VIRUS; TRANSMISSION OF NIV VIRUS IN MALAYSIA, BANGLADESH AND INDIA
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RISK FACTORS FOR INCREASED HENIPAVIRUS OUTBREAKSDEVELOPMENT OF VACCINE AND THERAPEUTICS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 7 - The Role of Birds in the Spread of West Nile Virus; INTRODUCTION; VIRUS CLASSIFICATION AND STRUCTURE; DISCOVERY AND ARTHROPOD-BORNE VIRUS PERSISTENCE; DISTRIBUTION OF WEST NILE VIRUS; DESCRIPTION OF DISEASE IN HUMANS; DISEASE IN HORSES AND OTHER DOMESTIC ANIMALS; DIAGNOSIS OF WEST NILE VIRUS; MOSQUITO VECTOR; EMERGENCE OF WEST NILE VIRUS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN BASIN; EMERGENCE OF WEST NILE VIRUS IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE
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POTENTIAL ROLE OF BIRDS IN THE INTRODUCTION AND SPREAD OF WNV
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-12-405191-X
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-299-87498-3
Language:
English
