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Group B Coxsackieviruses

By E. Domingo , V. Martin , C. Perales , C. Escarmis (auth.) , Steven Tracy , Dr. M. Steven Oberste , Dr. Kristen M. Drescher (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
2008
ISBN
3-540-00154-9, 3-540-00210-3, 3-540-00534X, 3-540-00844-6
DOI
10.1007/978-3-540-75546-3
LCC
QR1 .E6 vol. 272,QR396 .E6 vol. 272
Open Library ID
OL15399423M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (4801318 bytes)
Series
Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology 323
Edition
1
Pages
340\345
Library
Kingdwarf
Time added
2010-01-07 06:59:20
Virology; Medical Microbiology

Description

This monograph reviews information published since 1997 on the group B coxsackieviruses (CVB), a large and important group of human enteroviruses. The CVB were discovered in the mid-20th century, during the search for other poliovirus types, and within a very few years of this discovery, the CVB had been implicated as causes of human myocarditis and pancreatitis. The study of the CVB is still inextricably linked with the fate of their well-known relatives, the polioviruses, for as poliovirus eradication proceeds around the world, the CVB emerge more prominently as the enteroviruses best suited for continuing studies in enteroviral molecular biology as well as understanding the mechanisms underlying enteroviral pathogenesis. This volume reviews and presents modern views on the spectrum of CVB biologies, from interaction of the virus with its receptor through replication, speciation, and induction of disease.

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