Research Advances in Rabies: 79 (Advances in Virus Research): Volume 79 - Hardcover

Book 75 of 111: Advances in Virus Research

Alan C. Jackson

 
9780123870407: Research Advances in Rabies: 79 (Advances in Virus Research): Volume 79
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0123870402 ISBN 13: 9780123870407
Publisher: Academic Press, 2011

Synopsis

Volume 79 of Advances in Virus Research focuses on developments surrounding rabies, an ancient disease that remains a promiment public health problem for humans. This volume highlights important research advances extending from our understanding of how rabies virus replicates and assembles to how the disease can be prevented and treated in humans and how rabies can be controlled in wildlife hosts. Experts in the fields provide insightful and up-to-date chapters that summarize our current state of knowledge in diverse aspects of this very interesting and important viral disease.



* Contributions from leading authorities * Informs and updates on all the latest developments in the field

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About the Author

Dr. Jackson is Professor of Medicine (Neurology) and of Medical Microbiology and also Head of the Section of Neurology at University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He graduated from Queen's University with BA and MD degrees. He completed an internship in internal medicine at University of Southern California, residencies in internal medicine at Queen's University and in neurology at the University of Western Ontario, and a fellowship in neurovirology at The Johns Hopkins University with Drs. Richard Johnson and Diane Griffin. Dr. Jackson held a faculty position at Queen's University from 1987 - 2007. He is on the Editorial Boards of the Journal of NeuroVirology and the Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences. He is President of Rabies in the Americas, Inc. and is on the Board of Directors of the International Society for Neurovirology. Dr. Jackson is the principal investigator on research grants to study experimental aspects of rabies.

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Publisher
Academic Press
Publication date
2011
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0123870402
ISBN 13 
9780123870407
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
486