Coronaviruses with Special Emphasis on First Insights Concerning SARS

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Schmidt, Axel (Editor), Weber, Olaf (Editor), Wolff, Manfred H. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel : Birkhäuser Basel, 2005.
• Series: Birkhäuser Advances in Infectious Diseases BAID
• Subjects: Medicine.; Medical microbiology.; Infectious diseases.; Medicine & Public Health.; Infectious Diseases.; Medical Microbiology.

It is with great pleasure that we introduce the first volume of Birkhäuser Advances in Infectious Diseases.This book series will focus on relevant t- ics of microbiology and infectious diseases with emphasis (as much as p- sible) on emerging pathogens and related diseases.The series will also stress...

Table of Contents:

• Coronaviridae: a review of coronaviruses and toroviruses
• Coronavirus infections in veterinary medicine
• Severe acute respiratory syndrome: clinical features
• SARS coronavirus infection: pathology and pathogenesis of an emerging virus disease
• Genome organization and structural aspects of the SARS-related virus
• Virological laboratory diagnosis of SARS
• Performance evaluation of a Bayer Healthcare Diagnostics research-based SARS coronavirus assay
• Current status of therapy of SARS
• Coronavirus main proteinase: target for antiviral drug therapy
• Environmental survival and microbicide inactivation of coronaviruses
• Disease management strategies in SARS.