VIRAL INFECTIONS OF HUMANS. EPIDEMIOLOGY AND CONTROL. 5TH EDITION

Table of contents (47 chapters)
1. Epidemiology and Control: Principles, Practice and Programs
2. Diagnosis, Discovery and Dissection of Viral Diseases
3. Immunological Detection and Characterization
4. Surveillance and Seroepidemiology
5. Viral Dynamics and Mathematical Models
6. Adenoviruses
7. Alphaviruses: Equine Encephalitis and Others
8. Arenaviruses: Lassa Fever, Lujo Hemorrhagic Fever, Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis, and the South American Hemorrhagic Fevers
9. Bunyaviruses: Hantavirus and Others
10. Coronaviruses
11. Enteroviruses and Parechoviruses: Echoviruses, Coxsackieviruses, and Others
12. Enteroviruses: Enterovirus 71
13. Enteroviruses: Polio
14. Filoviruses: Marburg and Ebola
15. Flaviviruses: Dengue
16. Flaviviruses: Yellow Fever, Japanese B, West Nile, and Others
17. Hepatitis A Virus
18. Hepatitis E Virus
19. Influenza Viruses
20. Noroviruses, Sapoviruses, and Astroviruses
21. Orthopoxviruses: Variola, Vaccinia, Cowpox, and Monkeypox
22. Paramyxoviruses: Henipaviruses
23. Paramyxoviruses: Measles
24. Paramyxoviruses: Mumps
25. Paramyxoviruses: Parainfluenza Viruses
26. Paramyxoviruses: Respiratory Syncytial Virus and Human Metapneumovirus
27. Parvoviruses
28. Rhabdovirus: Rabies
29. Rhinoviruses
30. Rotaviruses
31. Rubella Virus
32. Hepatitis Viruses: Hepatitis B and Hepatitis D
33. Hepatitis Viruses: Hepatitis C
34. Hepatitis Viruses: Hepatocellular Carcinoma
35. Human Herpesviruses: Cytomegalovirus
36. Human Herpesviruses: Herpes Simplex Virus Types 1 and 2
37. Human Herpesviruses: Human Herpesvirus 6
38. Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV): Infectious Mononucleosis and Other Non-malignant EBV-Associated Diseases
39. Kaposi’s Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus: Epidemiology, Biological Characteristics and Pathogenesis
40. Human Herpesviruses: Malignant Lymphoma
41. Epstein-Barr Virus: Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma and Other Epithelial Tumors
42. Human Herpesviruses: Varicella and Herpes Zoster
43. Human Immunodeficiency Viruses Types 1 and 2
44. Human Papillomaviruses: Cervical Cancer and Warts
45. Human T-Cell Leukemia Viruses Types 1 and 2
46. Polyomaviruses: Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy and Other Diseases
47. Prion Diseases

• Revised and expanded edition of a classic reference covering all major human viral infections
• Information presented in a uniform way, summarizing the methodology, biological characteristics, descriptive epidemiology, transmission, pathogenesis, control and prevention for each virus
• Companion to Bacterial Infections of Humans edited by P. Brachman

Striking changes have occurred in the world since the publication of the last edition of Viral Infections of Humans. The global population is rapidly approaching 8 billion; climate change is leading to the introduction of new hosts, vectors and virus diseases heretofore never seen in many parts of the world; technological advances have revolutionized the ability to recognize and characterize viruses new and old; vaccines are altering the epidemiological landscape of the diseases they target, in some cases raising the hope of their eradication and remarkably powerful computational tools are enabling not only detection of outbreaks of disease much sooner than in the past but also, through complex mathematical modeling, more accurate prediction of their potential impact.
The new Fifth Edition of Viral Infections of Humans captures the both the excitement and frustration of the dynamic struggle between humankind and the viruses that continue to cause immense suffering. It presents the latest concepts, methods and technologies in epidemiology, detection, investigation, modeling and intervention. Updated and entirely new chapters by dozens of experts across the field provide analytic summaries of current knowledge of viruses and prions causing acute syndromes, chronic illnesses and/or malignancies. In sum, this ambitiously expanded volume offers a uniquely comprehensive perspective on viruses in humans, from agents of classic diseases (e.g., hepatitis, measles, polio, rabies and yellow fever), to those with greatest pandemic impact (e.g., influenza and human immunodeficiency virus), to those discovered relatively recently (e.g., henipavirus, metapneumovirus and norovirus).
The new Fifth Edition of Viral Infections of Humans is an invaluable reference for students, fellows and established professionals in the fields of microbiology, public health and infectious disease epidemiology, medicine and health policy.

Authors
• Dr. Richard A. Kaslow is a Professor of Epidemiology and International Health, Medicine and Microbiology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
• Dr. Lawrence R. Stanberry is director of the Sealy Center for Vaccine Development at the University of Texas. He has served on numerous advisory and review panels.
• Dr. James W. LeDuc, is director, Galveston National Laboratory Professor, Microbiology and Immunology Robert E. Shope Chair in Global Health at UTMB.