Neuropathogenic Viruses and Immunity (Infectious Agents and Pathogenesis) - Hardcover

 
9780306437854: Neuropathogenic Viruses and Immunity (Infectious Agents and Pathogenesis)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0306437856 ISBN 13: 9780306437854
Verlag: Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers, 1992

Inhaltsangabe

There has been a tremendous increase in interest in the neuropathogenicity of viruses during the past decade as we have come to recognize that the human immunodeficiency virus, which causes the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), can infect glial cells and cause neurological disease. Yet this increase has not been limited to AIDS but has extended to viruses that infect either or both the central and peripheral nervous systems. The changes examined here include both neurological and psychological diseases or syndromes. Moreover, the chapters in this volume review the interaction of the host immune system with the viruses examined and how such interactions may increase or decrease the neuropatho- genicity of the viruses. Questions regarding viral neuropathogenesis include: (I) What is the mode of transmission of virus to the nervous system? (2) What types of cells are infected, and do they contain receptors for the virus? (3) What is the extent of damage that results from viral infection? (4) What are the immunologic mecha- nisms by which damage is mediated or limited? Many of these questions remain unanswered, but this volume delves into efforts to provide some answers.

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Reseña del editor

There has been a tremendous increase in interest in the neuropathogenicity of viruses during the past decade as we have come to recognize that the human immunodeficiency virus, which causes the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), can infect glial cells and cause neurological disease. Yet this increase has not been limited to AIDS but has extended to viruses that infect either or both the central and peripheral nervous systems. The changes examined here include both neurological and psychological diseases or syndromes. Moreover, the chapters in this volume review the interaction of the host immune system with the viruses examined and how such interactions may increase or decrease the neuropatho­ genicity of the viruses. Questions regarding viral neuropathogenesis include: (I) What is the mode of transmission of virus to the nervous system? (2) What types of cells are infected, and do they contain receptors for the virus? (3) What is the extent of damage that results from viral infection? (4) What are the immunologic mecha­ nisms by which damage is mediated or limited? Many of these questions remain unanswered, but this volume delves into efforts to provide some answers.

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This volume examines the broad range of viruses that infect the peripheral and central nervous systems, and immune system responses leading either to disease prevention or promotion.

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Verlag
Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers
Erscheinungsdatum
1992
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0306437856
ISBN 13 
9780306437854
Einband
Tapa dura
Anzahl der Seiten
376
Herausgeber
Specter Steven, Bendinelli Mauro, Friedman Herman
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