Hepatitis C Virus Disease: Immunobiology and Clinical Applications - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0387713751 ISBN 13: 9780387713755

Publisher: Springer, 2007

Synopsis

Despite numerous hepatitis C virus infection studies, its pathogenesis and medical treatment have not been fully explained. This comprehensive volume, written by experts in the field, covers the most recent advances in the study of HCV, moving from basic research to clinical applications. The first chapters of this volume analyze the full spectrum of immune responses to HCV. The volume also includes contributions that explain the state of the art in IFN-alpha treatment of HCV patients.

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Synopsis:

The Hepatitis C Virus is a major global health problem affecting more than 170 million people. HCV can eventually lead to cirrhosis, liver failure, and cancer in many instances. This volume will include comprehensive original papers that cover much of the past, current, and future literature that has appeared since the identification of the hepatitis C virus RNA genome. It will specifically deal with the effects of various types of interferons in basic research and clinical outcomes of HCV disease and it's progression.The novelty of this publication will be that the immunobiology of HCV and the IFN-induced modification of the immune response will be emphasized more clearly then it has ever been in any other publication. It will be the immunobiology section that will help readers better understand the clinical efficacy of Interferon treatment. It will be a valuable volume for the student, researcher, or clinician interested in HCV transmission, molecular virology, immune response, cellular/molecular pathogenesis, and possibilities for developing effective new therapeutics and vaccines.

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This comprehensive volume, written by experts in the field, emphasizes the most recent advances on the Hepatitis C virus infection (HCV) moving from basic research to clinical application. In spite of the numerous studies on HCV infection, its pathogenesis and medical treatment have not been fully explained. The first chapters of this volume analyize the full spectrum of immune responses to HCV taking into account either innate or adoptive immunity involvement. The volume also includes a series of contributions which explain the state of art of IFN-alpha treatment in HCV patients and the effectiveness of therapy also in relation to HCV genotypes. The use and applications of pegylated IFNs will also be discussed as well as the complicated HCV disease and its treatment. Hepatitis C Virus Disease: Immunobiology and Clinical Applications is an ideal volume for researchers, scientists, professionals, clinicians, physicians and graduate students in the fields of infectious disease, immunology, virology, microbiology, pharmacology and medicine.

About this edition

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0387713751
• ISBN 13: 9780387713755
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320
• Editor: Jirillo Emilio