Published December, 2011
By Michael B. A. Oldstone, Michael B.A. Oldstone and Michael Oldstone
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Cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) control several viral infections in animals based on deletion and reconstitution experiments with CTL clones and use of CD8 genetically deficient (knock-out) mice. In this volume, data for the role that CTL play in human infectious diseases is presented.

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Published December, 2011
By Guido Kroemer and Carlos Martinez-A.
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In any movement of their life, immune cells, especially T and B lymphocytes, are confronted with an essential choice: to continue their existence or to commit a sort of metabolic suicide that is referred to as apoptosis or programmed cell death.

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Published December, 2011
By Hilary Koprowski, Bernhard Dietzschold and Charles E. Rupprecht
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Lyssaviruses are the etiological agents of rabies, one of the oldest documented and feared maladies in medical history. Yet, despite these academic and practical advances in research, the age-old horror evoked by rabies is still very real, with only four documented human recoveries once symptoms are realized.

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Published December, 2011
By H. Koprowski, F. Melchers, P. Koldovsky, W. Henle, P. H. Hofschneider, O. Maaløe, R. Rott, H. G. Schweiger, P. K. Vogt, L. Syru?ek and O. Maaloe
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Published December, 2011
By Peter K. Vogt and Ronald Swanstrom
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Published December, 2011
By Bruce W. Chesebro
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Transmission between humans was originally reco gnized in the unique epidemiology of kuru in New Guinea tribesmen, and concern about transmission from animals to humans has re-emerged as a result of the current epidemic of bovine spongiform encephalopathy in dairy cattle in Great Britain.

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Published December, 2011
By Charles J. Parker
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In this volume a comprehensive review of membrane proteinsthat regulate complement and perforin-mediated cytolysis ispresented.

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Published December, 2011
By P.J. Sansonetti
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A few months ago, at least 500 people developed shigellosis in northern France in an outbreak of Shigella sonnei infection due to accidental contamination of an urban water delivery system.

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Published December, 2011
By H. Koprowski, F. Melchers, P. Koldovsky, W. Henle, P. H. Hofschneider, O. Maaløe, R. Rott, H. G. Schweiger, P. K. Vogt, L. Syru?ek and O. Maaloe
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Several discoveries are noteworthy for allowing us to probe the recesses of the virus infected cell and to search for cryptic viral genomes which might provide clues in our studies of cancer etiology or developmental biology.

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Published December, 2011
By Rolf Knippers and Arnold J. Levine
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It is surprising, and even disappointing, that there have been very few meetings and published volumes resulting from these meetings that focus attention upon all of the groups of DNA tumor viruses.

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