Origin and Evolution of Viruses
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Origin and Evolution of Viruses

  1. 500 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Origin and Evolution of Viruses

About this book

Are infectious diseases caused by novel entities, viruses that have rapidly evolved into more pathogenic forms, or viruses that have crossed species divides and become more virulent in their alternative host? These questions and how new diseases such as AIDS emerged have prompted renewed interest in the ways viruses originated and co-evolved with their hosts.Origin and Evolution of Viruses presents a full and clear description of general viral concepts and specific viral systems, and provides an excellent foundation to our understanding of how viruses emerged.This unique and comprehensive work is essential reading for all researchers in virology, molecular biology and related areas, as well as evolutionary biologists interested in phylogenetic approaches to molecular evolution. The reader is taken on an illumination journey--in time and concepts--from the first primitive replicons to their present-day complex viral counterparts. Apart from the obvious interest, as humans are potential hosts for these viruses, there is also a great deal of academic interest in the evolutionary aspects of this simple group of organisms, since information can be gained about the origin of stains/species and evolutionary patterns that might be applicable to higher species.The book addresses:* Nature and evolution of early replicons* DNA and RNA viruses in both plants and animals* Viral origin, mutation, and survival* Antigenic variation in influenza virus* Interplay between host evolution and DNA virus evolution* Emergence of viral-induced diseases, e.g. hepatitis, influenza and HIV

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Yes, you can access Origin and Evolution of Viruses by Esteban Domingo,Robert G. Webster,John F. Holland in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Medicine & AIDS & HIV. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Academic Press
Year
1999
eBook ISBN
9780080538235
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
AIDS & HIV

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Origin and Evolution of Viruses
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. List of Contributors
  6. Preface
  7. Chapter 1. Nature and Evolution of Early Replicons
  8. Chapter 2. Virus Origins: Conjoined RNS Genomes as Precursors to DNA Genomes
  9. Chapter 3. Viroids in Plants: Shadows and Footprints of a Primitive RNA
  10. Chapter 4. Mutation, Competition and Selection as Measured with Small RNA Molecules
  11. Chapter 5. The Fidelity of Cellular and Viral Polymerases and its Manipulation for Hypermutagenesis
  12. Chapter 6. Drift and Conservatism in RNA Virus Evolution: Are They Adapting or Merely Changing?
  13. Chapter 7. Viral Quasispecies and Fitness Variations
  14. Chapter 8. The Retroid Agents: Disease, Function and Evolution
  15. Chapter 9. Dynamics of HIV Pathogenesis and Treatment
  16. Chapter 10. Interplay Between Experiment and Theory in Development of a Working Model for HIV-1 Population Dynamics
  17. Chapter 11. Plant Virus Evolution: Past, Present and Future
  18. Chapter 12. Genetics, Pathogenesis and Evolution of Picornaviruses
  19. Chapter 13. The Impact of Rapid Evolution of the Hepatitis Viruses
  20. Chapter 14. Antigenic Variation in Influenza Viruses
  21. Chapter 15. DNA Virus Contribution to Host Evolution
  22. Chapter 16. Parvovirus Variation and Evolution
  23. Chapter 17. The Molecular Evolutionary History of the Herpesviruses
  24. Chapter 18. African Swine Fever Virus: A Missing Link Between Poxviruses and Iridoviruses?
  25. Index