• Media type: E-Book
  • Title: Coronaviruses with Special Emphasis on First Insights Concerning SARS
  • Contains: 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 coronavirusesDisease management strategies in SARS
  • Contributor: Schmidt, Axel [Author]; Weber, Olaf [Hrsg.]; Wolff, Manfred H. [Hrsg.]
  • imprint: Basel: Birkhäuser Verlag, 2005
  • Published in: Birkhäuser Advances in Infectious Diseases BAID
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  • Extent: Online-Ressource (XIV, 232 p, online resource)
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1007/b137625
  • ISBN: 9783764373399
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  • RVK notation: XD 7950 : Allgemeines
  • Keywords: Coronaviren > SARS
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  • Footnote: Includes bibliographical references and index
  • Description: -SARS has received much attention and coverage by the media and has a high impact on the public making this a hot research topic for scientists. -

    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