The Papillomaviruses - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0387365222 ISBN 13: 9780387365220

Verlag: Springer, 2007

Inhaltsangabe

This volume evaluates the carcinogenic risk to humans posed by infection with human papillomaviruses (HPVs). To date, more than 70 HPV types have been identified, of which over 15 have been reported in cervical cancer biopsies. Worldwide, cervical cancer is the second most common cancer in women. This book also considers the possible involvement of HPV infection in cancers at other sites of the human body.

Über diesen Titel

Von der hinteren Coverseite

The papillomaviruses have emerged as the best understood viruses that cause cancer in humans. This volume reviews the remarkable confluence of science, medicine, and public health that recently culminated in the approval of vaccines that prevent many human papillomavirus infections, the first vaccines specifically designed to prevent human cancer. Basic laboratory studies of viral DNA replication, gene expression, protein function, and virus-host interactions have provided fundamental insights into these important processes. Most importantly, human papillomavirus infection has been shown to be a crucial event in the development of several human cancers, most notably cervical cancer, a leading cause of cancer death in women. The Papillomaviruses is an ideal book for scientists, professionals, clinicians, and graduate students in the fields of immunology, infectious disease, virology, microbiology, cell biology, and cancer biology and research.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Springer
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0387365222
• ISBN 13: 9780387365220
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 448
• Herausgeber: Garcea Robert, DiMaio Daniel
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar