Global view of the fight against influenza / Petar M. Mitrasinovic, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mitrasinovic, Petar M., 1968-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Influenza--Prevention.

Influenza.

Influenza--Epidemiology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (442 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Influenza has become an important infectious disease with regard to its enormous clinical and economic impact on population health. This book indicates the future directions in which the war versus influenza is to be developed, thus ensuring its scientific priority. It is suitable for health care professionals and health science administrators.

Contents:

1. William Graeme Laver (Graeme) Ph.D. frs 1929-2008 / Robert G. Webster

2. The origin and control of pandemic influenza / the abstract and first section - the late W. Graeme Laver ; Penny G. Laver and Adrian J. Gibbs

3. Flu drugs : pathway to discovery / William Graeme Laver

4. Advances in molecular evolution of influenza a virus / Xiu-Feng Wan and Michael Emch

5. Pathogenesis of avian influenza (h5n1) infection in humans / Ruishu Deng and Jiang Gu

6. The interactions between avian h5n1 influenza virus and dendritic cell-specific icam-3 grabbing non-integrin (dc-sign) / Sheng-Fan Wang and Yi-Ming Arthur Chen

7. The activity of neuraminidase inhibitor oseltamivir against all subtypes of influenza viruses / Noel A. Roberts and Elena A. Govorkova

8. Computational investigations of the binding mechanism of current influenza virus neuraminidase inhibitors: correlation with experiment / Marija L. Mihajlovic and Petar M. Mitrasinovic

9. The impact of structural biology on the understanding of the influenza virus and the rational design of antivirals / Philip S. Kerry and Rupert J. Russell

10. The structure-based design of novel inhibitors of h5n1 virus neuraminidase / Petar M. Mitrasinovic

11. On the development of vaccines against pandemic influenza / Petar M. Mitrasinovic

12. Alternative strategies for vaccine development against avian flu / Michele A. Zacks and Slobodan Paessler

13. Advances in quantitative analyses of the hemagglutinin of influenza a viruses and vaccines / Xuguang Li, Terry D. Cyr, Michel Girard, Changgui Li, Junzi Wang, Gary Van Domselaar, Aaron Farnsworth, Helen Macdonald-Piquard, and Runtao He

14. Niaid resources for the global research community to support development of new influenza therapeutics / Amy Krafft, Rachelle Salomon, and Martin Crumrine

15. Micronutrients in the global fight against influenza / Raxit J. Jariwalla, M. Waheed Roomi, Tatiana Kalinovsky, Matthias Rath, and Aleksandra Niedzwiecki

16. The ikarus syndrome in the poultry industry and the concern about a new great influenza pandemic : what to learn from Ikarus' crash / Sievert Lorenzen

17. Theoretical aspect of prevention policies against influenza pandemic / Shingo Iwami, Yasuhiro Takeuchi, Xianning Liu, Andrei Korobeinikov, Eunok Jung, and Tae-Chang Jo

18. The impact of an emerging avian influenza virus (h5n1) in a seabird colony / Suzanne M. O'Regan, Tom C. Kelly, Andrei Korobeinikov, Michael J.A. O'Callaghan, and Alexei V. Pokrovskii

19. Control of influenza at healthcare facilities in resource-limited settings / Thana Khawcharoenporn, Anucha Apisarnthanarak, and Linda M. Mundy

20. Between panic and apathy : the fight against influenza in South Africa / Thomas Gstraunthaler.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-60876-962-3

OCLC:

847646380