Research advances in rabies
By: edited by Alan C. Jackson
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Advances in virus research -- v. 79; Advances in virus research -- v. 79.
Publisher: Elsevier/Academic Press; Academic Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Amsterdam; Boston
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 468
ISBN-13: 9780123870414; 9780123870407
Subjects: Infectious Diseases; HEALTH & FITNESS; Diseases; Contagious; MEDICAL; Rabies
Description: Volume 79 of Advances in Virus Research focuses on developments surrounding rabies, an ancient disease that remains a promiment public health problem for humans. This volume highlights important research advances extending from our understanding of how rabies virus replicates and assembles to how the disease can be prevented and treated in humans and how rabies can be controlled in wildlife hosts. Experts in the fields provide insightful and up-to-date chapters that summarize our current state of knowledge in diverse aspects of this very interesting and important viral disease. * Contri
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Front Cover; Research Advances in Rabies; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1: Rabies Virus Transcription and Replication; Chapter 2: Rabies Virus Assembly and Budding; Chapter 3: Evasive Strategies in Rabies Virus Infection; Chapter 4: Rabies Virus Clearance from the Central Nervous System; Chapter 5: Role of Chemokines in Rabies Pathogenesis and Protection; Chapter 6: Interferon in Rabies Virus Infection; Chapter 7: The Role of Toll-Like Receptors in the Induction of Immune Responses During Rabies Virus Infection