The evolution and emergence of RNA viruses /
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| Author / Creator: | Holmes, Edward C. |
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| Imprint: | Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2009. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 254 pages) : illustrations |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Oxford series in ecology and evolution Oxford series in ecology and evolution. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11281240 |
| 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 fills this gap by considering the patterns and processes of viral evolution across their entire range of spatial and temporal scales. The Evolution and Emergence of RNA Viruses provides a comprehensive overview of RNA virus evolution, with a particular focus on genomic and phylogenetic approaches. This is the first book to link mechanisms of viral evolution with disease dynamics, using high-profile examples in emergence and evolution such as influenza, HIV, dengue fever, and rabies. It also reveals the underlying evolutionary processes by which emerging viruses cross species boundaries and spread in newhosts. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 254 pages) : illustrations |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-247) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191549403 0191549401 9780199211128 0199211124 9780199211135 0199211132 |