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Coronaviruses with Special Emphasis on First Insights Concerning SARS

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Editors:
  1. Axel Schmidt

    1. Faculty of Medicine, University Witten/Herdecke, Witten, Germany

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  2. Olaf Weber

    1. Institut für Molekulare Medizin und Experimentelle Immunologie, Universitätsklinikum Bonn Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, Bonn, Germany

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  3. Manfred H. Wolff

    1. Faculty of Biosciences, University Witten/Herdecke, Witten, Germany

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  • Provides insights into a new epidemic
  • Gives background information about coronaviruses
  • Authored by leading scientists
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Birkhäuser Advances in Infectious Diseases (BAID)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Coronaviridae: a review of coronaviruses and toroviruses

    • Dave Cavanagh
    Pages 1-54

  3. Coronavirus infections in veterinary medicine

    • Olaf Weber, Axel Schmidt
    Pages 55-69

  4. Severe acute respiratory syndrome: clinical features

    • Princess Margaret Hospital SARS Study Group, Po Oi Lee, Ping Tim Tsui, Tak Yin Tsang, Tai Nin Chau, Chi Pong Kwan et al.
    Pages 71-85

  5. SARS coronavirus infection: pathology and pathogenesis of an emerging virus disease

    • Sherif R. Zaki, Cynthia S. Goldsmith
    Pages 87-99

  6. Genome organization and structural aspects of the SARS-related virus

    • Caroline R. Astell, Robert A. Holt, Steven J. M. Jones, Marco A. Marra
    Pages 101-128

  7. Virological laboratory diagnosis of SARS

    • Wolfgang Preiser, Christian Drosten, Hans Wilhelm Doerr
    Pages 129-144

  8. Performance evaluation of a Bayer Healthcare Diagnostics research-based SARS coronavirus assay

    • Charlene E. Bush-Donovan, Tony Mazzulli, Jill J. Detmer, Johan Surtihadi
    Pages 145-158

  9. Current status of therapy of SARS

    • Arthur Chun-Wing Lau, Loletta Kit-Ying So, Loretta Yin-Chun Yam
    Pages 159-171

  10. Coronavirus main proteinase: target for antiviral drug therapy

    • Kanchan Anand, Haitao Yang, Mark Bartlam, Zihe Rao, Rolf Hilgenfeld
    Pages 173-199

  11. Environmental survival and microbicide inactivation of coronaviruses

    • Manfred H. Wolff, Syed A. Sattar, Olusola Adegbunrin, Jason Tetro
    Pages 201-212

  12. Disease management strategies in SARS

    • Andrea Ammon
    Pages 213-226

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 227-232
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About this book

It is with great pleasure that we introduce the first volume of Birkhäuser Advances in Infectious Diseases.This book series focuses on relevant and trending topics in microbiology and infectious diseases with emphasis on emerging pathogens and related diseases.This interdisciplinary series presents latest advances and new approaches in molecular biology as well as insights into human and veterinary clinical medicine. Furthermore, matters in epidemiology, disease management, hygiene and prevention of infectious diseases are discussed. Emerging or novel pathogens are a grand challenge in medical science. Therefore, we focused the first volume of this series on the outbreak of SARS. The advent of SARS is a threat for people around the globe. Our modern technologies in communication and mobility have figuratively transformed the world into a village. This traffic, however, reprensents a new opportunity to spread diseases, particularly such of infectious nature from tiny villages throughout the entire world. In-depth knowledge of a novel pathogen's characteristics will help to manage or event prevent pandemias.

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"... all the most relevant findings on SARS are considered in the pages of this interesting volume which is a precious tool for veterinarians, virologists, clinicians who are interested in improving their knowledge on Coronaviruses and this novel and severe disease." (European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Medicine, University Witten/Herdecke, Witten, Germany

    Axel Schmidt

  • Institut für Molekulare Medizin und Experimentelle Immunologie, Universitätsklinikum Bonn Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, Bonn, Germany

    Olaf Weber

  • Faculty of Biosciences, University Witten/Herdecke, Witten, Germany

    Manfred H. Wolff

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Coronaviruses with Special Emphasis on First Insights Concerning SARS

  • Editors: Axel Schmidt, Olaf Weber, Manfred H. Wolff

  • Series Title: Birkhäuser Advances in Infectious Diseases

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/b137625

  • Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Birkh�user Basel 2005

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-7643-6462-5Published: 17 February 2005

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-7643-7339-9Published: 30 March 2006

  • Series ISSN: 2504-3811

  • Series E-ISSN: 2504-3838

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 232

  • Topics: Infectious Diseases, Medical Microbiology

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