Published November, 2008
By Michael B. A. Oldstone, Michael B.A. Oldstone and Diane E. Griffin
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Series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology
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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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Published October, 2008
By James L. van Etten and James L. Etten
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Several large dsDNA-containing viruses such as poxviruses (smallpox) and herpes viruses are well known among the scientific community, as well as the general populace, because they cause human diseases.

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Published October, 2008
By Marianne Manchester and Nicole F. Steinmetz
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Nanotechnology is a collective term describing a broad range of relatively novel topics. Nanotechnology seeks to mimic what nature has achieved, with precision at the nanometer level down to the atomic level. Bacterial viruses (bacte- ophages), plant and animal eukaryotic viruses, and viruses of archaea have all been characterized in this manner.

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Published July, 2008
By Bruce Beutler
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This monograph deals with the impact of classical genetics in immunology, prov- ing examples of how large immunological questions were solved, and new fields opened to analysis through the study of phenotypes, either spontaneous or induced.

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Published June, 2008
By Thomas E. Shenk and Mark F. Stinski
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This volume has gathered some of the experts in the field to review aspects of our understanding of CMV and to offer perspectives of the current problems associated with CMV.

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Published April, 2008
By Tatsuji Nomura, Takeshi Watanabe and Sonoko Habu
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The term humanized mouse in this text refers to a mouse in which human tissues and cells have been transplanted and show the same biological function as they do in the human body.

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Published February, 2008
By Steven Tracy, M. Steven Oberste and Kristen M. Drescher
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At last - a volume that virologists have been waiting for: a fully updated new edition of a major study in a key subject area. The first edition of this work, published in 1997, described the molecular biology of coxsackie B viruses, as well as clinical, epidemiological, and immunological aspects of group B coxsackievirus disease.

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Published December, 2007
By Moses Rodriguez
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Controversy still exists regarding how early disease-modifying agents (DMA) should be commenced and whether all patients with relapsing-remitting MS should in fact be treated. With their novel, multifaceted approach to basic science, the authors of this book offer help to clinicians and hope to patients.

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Published November, 2007
By Tim Manser
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The importance of specific antibodies for the clearance of and long-term resistance to many infectious pathogens has long been appreciated. In the last five years, data from these areas of research has coalesced, resulting in the emergence of a new and more complete understanding of how antibody-mediated resistance to pathogens is elaborated.

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Published October, 2007
By Scott Dessain and Scott K. Dessain
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Although the utility of human antibodies as medical therapeutics for cancer and immune diseases has been well-established, it is only beginning to be realized for the treatment of viral infectious diseases. Polyclonal immunoglobulins have long been used for some viral diseases, but they have limited potency and disease scope.

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