Swine Influenza

The central role which swine have played in the ecology of influenza is set out in this book in 15 chapters within a comprehensive international framework. The result is a ‘One Health’ perspective on the role of swine influenza viruses (SIVs) at the animal-human-environmental interface.  The epidemi...

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Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (-)
Otros Autores: Richt, Jürgen A. (-), Webby, Richard J.
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2013.
Colección:Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology ; 370.
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Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • Overview of influenza viruses
  • History of swine influenza
  • Genetics, evolution and the zoonotic capacity of European swine influenza virus.- History of swine influenza virus
  • Clinicopathological features of swine influenza.- Diagnostics and surveillance for swine influenza.- Contemporary epidemiology of North American lineage triple reassortant influenza A viruses in pigs
  • History and epidemiology of swine influenza in Europe.- Swine influenza viruses: an Asian perspective
  • Swine influenza virus vaccines - to change, or not to change: that's the question.- Swine influenza virus infections in man
  • Interspecies transmission of influenza A viruses between swine and poultry
  • The 2009 pandemic influenza virus: Where did it come from, where is it now, and where is it going? - Pandemic influenza  A H1N1 in swine and other animals
  • Therapeutics against influenza
  • Subject index.  .