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The evolution and emergence of RNA viruses [E-Book]

By:

Holmes, Edward C

Series: Oxford series in ecology and evolutionPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 254 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780191549403
0191549401

Subject(s):

NLM classification:

2009 H-427
QW 168

Online resources:

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Contents:

Introduction -- Origins of RNA viruses -- Mechanisms of RNA virus evolution -- RNA virus quasispecies -- Comparative genomics and the macroevolution of RNA viruses -- Molecular epidemiology, phylogeography, and emergence of RNA viruses -- Case studies in RNA virus evolution and emergence.

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Summary: RNA viruses provide unique insights into the patterns and processes of evolutionary change in real time. The study of viral evolution is especially topical given the growing awareness that emerging and re-emerging diseases (most of which are caused by RNA viruses) represent a major threat to public health. However, while the study of viral evolution has developed rapidly in the last 30 years, relatively little attention has been directed toward linking work on the mechanisms ofviral evolution within cells or individual hosts, to the epidemiological outcomes of these processes. This novel book.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-247) and index.

RNA viruses provide unique insights into the patterns and processes of evolutionary change in real time. The study of viral evolution is especially topical given the growing awareness that emerging and re-emerging diseases (most of which are caused by RNA viruses) represent a major threat to public health. However, while the study of viral evolution has developed rapidly in the last 30 years, relatively little attention has been directed toward linking work on the mechanisms ofviral evolution within cells or individual hosts, to the epidemiological outcomes of these processes. This novel book.

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