Applied Virology Research: Virus Variability, Epidemiology and Control
Subtitle: Volume 2 (Applied Virology Research)
Contributors: Edouard Kurstak (Editor); R.G. Marusyk (Editor); F.A. Murphy (Editor); M.H.V. Van Regenmortel (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: September 30, 1990
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 370
ISBN-13: 9780306433597
Subjects: Medical microbiology & virology; Medical Virology; Medical; Medical / Nursing; Health/Fitness; Immunology; Life Sciences - Ecology; Microbiology; Genetics; Medical / Immunology; Medical / Microbiology; Medical : Immunology; Science : Life Sciences - Ecology; Epidemiology; Variation; Viral genetics; Virus diseases; Viruses
First sentence: An important number of virus infections and their epidemic developments demonstrate that ineffectiveness of prevention measures is often due to the mutation rate and variability of viruses (Kurstak et al., 1984, 1987).