The Nidoviruses: Toward Control of SARS and other Nidovirus Diseases: 581 (Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 581) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0387262024 ISBN 13: 9780387262024

Publisher: Springer, 2006

Synopsis

This book summarizes the keynote and plenary speeches and posters of the Xth International Nidovirus Symposium: Toward Control of SARS and Other Nidovirus Diseases” that was held in Colorado Springs, Colorado, June 25–30, 2005. The nine previous meetings of scientists investigating the molecular biology and pathogenesis of coronaviruses, toroviruses, arteriviruses, and okaviruses were generally held every 3 years since the first meeting was convened in Wurzburg, Germany, in October, 1980. The Xth International Symposium was held just 2 years after the IXth International Symposium (Nido2003) in The Netherlands, because of the tremendously increased research on nidoviruses that resulted from the discovery that the global epidemic of severe acute res- ratory syndrome (SARS) in 2002–2003 was caused by a newly discovered coronavirus called SARS-CoV. A record 225 scientists from 14 countries attended the Xth International Nidovirus Symposium, and important advances in every aspect of nidovirus molecular biology and pathogenesis were reported and discussed. The meeting was divided into 12 sessions, with keynote speakers providing a general review of research pertinent to each one. This volume is a collection of scientific papers presented at the symposium. Once a coronavirus was recognized as the etiological agent of SARS, intensive work by many investigators resulted in determination of the sequence of the virus, engineering of reverse genetics systems, and identification of the host cell receptor used by the virus. With the increased interest in coronaviruses, new members of the family associated with human disease were identified.

About this title

Synopsis

This volume is based on the 10th International Nidovirus Symposium: Towards Control of SARS and other Nidovirus Diseases. The volume includes articles by all of the major contributors to this burgeoning area of research which summarize the work that was presented at the meeting. The topics covered include RNA synthesis; protein synthesis, structure and processing; viral assembly and release; viral entry 1 and 2; pathogenesis of non-human coronaviruses; pathogenesis of arteriviruses and toroviruses; pathogenesis of human coronaviruses; and vaccines, anti-viral drugs and diagnostics.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0387262024
• ISBN 13: 9780387262024
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 656
• Editor: Perlman Stanley, Holmes Kathryn