Coronaviruses with special emphasis on first insights concerning SARS /

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Imprint:	Basel ; Boston : Birkhäuser Verlag, c2005.
Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 232 p.) : ill.
Language:	English
Series:	Birkhäuser advances in infectious diseases Birkhäuser advances in infectious diseases.
Subject:	SARS (Disease) Coronavirus infections. Coronaviruses. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. Coronavirus Infections. Coronavirus. SARS Virus. Coronavirus infections. Coronaviruses. SARS (Disease)
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8877050

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Other authors / contributors:	Schmidt, Axel, 1962- Wolff, Manfred H. Weber, Olaf F.
ISBN:	9783764373399 3764373393 3764364629 (alk. paper) 9783764364625 (alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record.
Summary:	This monograph provides comprehensive information on the newest insights into the SARS epidemic and the responsible infectious agent. Background information on Coronaviridae (coronavirus/torovirus) and coronavirus/torovirus-associated infections in humans and animals is also given.
Other form:	Print version: Coronaviruses with special emphasis on first insights concerning SARS. Basel ; Boston : Birkhäuser Verlag, c2005 3764364629 9783764364625

Table of Contents:

Glossary
Coronaviridae: a review of coronaviruses and toroviruses / Dave Cavanagh
Coronavirus infections in veterinary medicine / Olaf Weber and Axel Schmidt
Severe acute respiratory syndrome: clinical features / Princess Margaret Hospital SARS Study Group, Po Lee, Ping Tsui, Tak Tsang, Tai Chau, Chi Kwan, Wai Yu and Sik Lai
SARS coronavirus infection: pathology and pathogenesis of an emerging virus disease / Sherif Zaki and Cynthia Goldsmith
Genome organization and structural aspects of the SARS-related virus / Caroline Astell, Robert Holt, Steven Jones and Marco Marra
Virological laboratory diagnosis of SARS / Wolfgang Preiser, Christian Drosten and Hans Doerr
Performance evaluation of a Bayer Healthcare Diagnostics research-based SARS coronavirus assay / Charlene Bush-Donovan, Tony Mazzulli, Jill Detmer and Johan Surtihadi
Current status of therapy of SARS / Arthur Lau, Loletta So and Loretta Yam
Coronavirus main proteinase: target for antiviral drug therapy / Kanchan Anand, Haitao Yang, Mark Bartlam, Zihe Rao and Rolf Hilgenfeld
Environmental survival and microbicide inactivation of coronaviruses / Manfred Wolff, Syed Sattar, Olusola Adegbunrin and Jason Tetro
Disease management strategies in SARS / Andrea Ammon.

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