Infectious Diseases from Nature: Mechanisms of Viral Emergence and Persistence

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Peters, C. J. (Editor), Calisher, Charles H. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Vienna : Springer Vienna, 2005.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Virology.; Tropical medicine.; Biomedicine.; Tropical Medicine.

Significant zoonotic diseases have appeared with increasing frequency in recent years. At a symposium held in Galveston, Texas, in March 2004, many outstanding virologists and others presented papers under the broad theme of "emergence". The intent was to elucidate the diseases themselves,...