Published December, 2009
By Paul Spearman and Eric O. Freed
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Series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology
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The study of viruses necessarily involves dissecting the intimate details of cellular pathways. Viruses have often been employed as tools in studying cellular pathways, as was done by early retrovirologists such as Peyton Rous in attempting to understand the mechanism of cellular transformation and oncogenesis.

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Published October, 2009
By Chihiro Sasakawa
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Clearly, an in-depth study of bacterial infectious strategies, as well as the host cellular and immune responses, presented in each chapter of this book will provide further insight into the critical roles of the host innate and adaptive immune systems and their importance in determining the severity or completely preventing infectious diseases.

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Published October, 2009
By Alan L. Rothman
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Scientific research on dengue has a long and rich history. Dengue and dengue hemorrhagic fever, which assumed pandemic proportions during the latter half of the last century, have shown no indication of slowing their growth during this first decade of the twenty-first century.

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Published September, 2009
By Vojo Deretic, Beth Levine and Tamotsu Yoshimori
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Series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology
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This introduction guides readers through different immunological aspects of autophagy as well as the countermeasures used by highly-adapted pathogens to fight autophagy. It includes specifics on the latest in autophagy research in infection and immunity.

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Published August, 2009
By Tammy Kielian
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This volume should be informative for both experts as well as newcomers to the field of TLRs in the nervous system based on its coverage of basic TLR biology as well as specialization to discuss specific diseases of the nervous system where TLR function has been implicated.

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Published July, 2009
By Walter Orenstein, Richard W. Compans and Walter A. Orenstein
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Series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology
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Concerns about pandemic preparedness have greatly stimulated research activities to develop eff- tive vaccines for pandemic influenza viruses, and to overcome the limitations inh- ent in current approaches to vaccine production and distribution.

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Published May, 2009
By Dorian McGavern and Michael Dustin
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Researchers have used a variety of techniques over the past century to gain fun- mental insights in the field of immunology and, as technology has advanced, so too has the ability of researchers to delve deeper into the biological mechanics of immunity.

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Published May, 2009
By Alexander V. Karasev
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This volume addresses the entire spectrum of challenges facing the nascent field of plant-based biomedical. This ranges from the selection of an appropriate production platform to specific methods of downstream processing and regulatory approval issues.

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Published December, 2008
By Harald Zur Hausen and Ethel-Michele de Villiers
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Series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology
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It is not unreasonable to suspect that persistence of at least some specific TT virus genotypes may result in some infected individuals in a definable pathogenicity. The authors believe that this volume provides the first hints in support of this view.

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Published November, 2008
By Michael B. A. Oldstone, Michael B.A. Oldstone and Diane E. Griffin
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Measles virus, one of the most contagious of all human viruses, has been largely contained by the development and use of a vaccine that was introduced 50 years ago.

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