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Author:   Shunzo Chiba ,  Mary K. Estes ,  Shuji Nakata ,  Charles H. Calisher
Publisher:   Springer Verlag GmbH
Imprint:   Springer Verlag GmbH
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1996
Volume:   12
Dimensions:   Width: 21.00cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 28.00cm
Weight:   0.875kg
ISBN:  

9783211828755

ISBN 10:   3211828753
Pages:   311
Publication Date:   10 January 1997
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Overview of viral gastroenteritis.- Rotavirus structure interactions between the structural proteins.- Structure and function of rotavirus nonstructural protein NSP3.- Genome rearrangements of rotaviruses.- Structure and function of rotavirus NSP1.- Identification of the minimal replicase and the minimal promoter of (—)-strand synthesis, functional in rotavirus RNA replication in vitro.- Rotavirus protein expression is important for virus assembly and pathogenesis.- A hypothesis about the mechanism of assembly of double-shelled rotavirus particles.- Development of rotavirus molecular epidemiology electrophero-typing.- Molecular epidemiology of human rotaviruses genogrouping by RNA-RNA hybridization.- Classification of rotavirus VP4 and VP7 serotypes.- VP4 and VP7 typing using monoclonal antibodies.- Natural history of human rotavirus infection.- Protective immunity against group A rotavirus infection and illness in infants.- Rotavirus immunity in the mouse.- The gnotobiotic piglet as a model for studies of disease pathogenesis and immunity to human rotaviruses.- Jennerian and modified Jennerian approach to vaccination against rotavirus diarrhea using a quadrivalent rhesus rotavirus (RRV) and human-RRV reassortant vaccine.- Trials of oral bovine and rhesus rotavirus vaccines in Finland a historical account and present status.- WC3 reassortant vaccines in children. Brief review.- Rotavirus subunit vaccines.- DNA vaccines against rotavirus infections.- Prophylaxis of rotavirus gastroenteritis using immunoglobulin.- Historical background and classification of caliciviruses and astroviruses.- Structure of Norwalk virus.- Recombinant Norwalk virus-like particles as an oral vaccine.- Genetic and antigenic diversity of human caliciviruses (HuCVs) using RT-PCR and new EIAs.-The epidemiology of human calicivirus/Sapporo/82/Japan.- Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction detection and sequence analysis of small round-structured viruses in Japan.- The molecular biology of astroviruses.- The changing epidemiology of astrovirus-associated gastroenteritis a review.- Structural features unique to enteric adenoviruses.- Closing remarks.

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