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Astrovirus Research: Essential Ideas, Everyday Impacts, Future Directions

Editat de Stacey Schultz-Cherry
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 9 noi 2014
Astroviruses were first identified in the feces of children in 1975.  Since then, they have been found in ~ 3 to 20% of children with diarrhea.  Given that serological studies have demonstrated that up to 90% of children have been exposed to at least one strain of astrovirus by age 9, the prevalence of infection may be much higher.  Supporting this are studies demonstrating that astroviruses can also be isolated in a subset of asymptomatic individuals, suggesting that a proportion of infected individuals shed the virus asymptomatically or for some time after the resolution of other symptoms of infection.  Asymptomatic carriers may be a major reservoir for astroviruses in the environment and could contribute to dissemination of the virus.  Astroviruses are extremely stable in the environment and can be transmitted nosocomially, directly from infected individuals and potentially animals, and through contaminated food and water. Although typically an acute disease, astrovirus infection inpremature infants may be associated with the development of necrotizing enterocolitis and in new-onset celiac disease in children.  Immunocompromised children are even more susceptible often developing persistent infections that lead to wasting or even systemic infections associated with fatal encephalitis.   In spite of its importance, little is known about astrovirus pathogenesis, molecular biology, epidemiology, or cell biology.  The goal of this book is to provide the latest and most up-to-date information on this medically important and rapidly evolving group of viruses.  It will include sections on the history of astroviruses and their disease in humans; information on viral replication and immune responses; new information on how astroviruses induce disease including the expression of a viral enterotoxin regulating intestinal epithelial cell tight junctions, the isolation and identification of new astrovirus genotypes in mammals including humans, and astroviruses of veterinaryimportance.  Finally, the book will also introduce the complexity of astrovirus epidemiology and potential as an important new zoonotic disease, and its role in food-borne disease.  This will be the first book of its kind and will be of great interest to microbiologists, virologists, infectious disease specialists, immunologists, pediatricians, public health and food safety experts, veterinarians, poultry industry specialists, and researchers and clinicians interested in enteritis.​
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781489994066
ISBN-10: 1489994068
Pagini: 200
Ilustrații: XIV, 186 p.
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 x 11 mm
Greutate: 0.29 kg
Ediția:2013
Editura: Springer
Colecția Springer
Locul publicării:New York, NY, United States

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Cuprins

Preface.- Epidemiology of Human Astroviruses.- Replication Cycle of Astroviruses.- Astrovirus Structure and Assembly.- Astrovirus Pathogenesis.- Immune Responses.- Astrovirus Taxonomy.- New Human Astroviruses.- Astrovirus Infections in Animal Mammalian Species.- Avian Astroviruses.- Index.

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Since their initial discovery in the 1970’s, astroviruses have been recognized as a leading cause of enteritis in infants, the elderly, and immunocompromised people, and were known to be widespread in animals and birds. In recent years, and with the advent of  pyrosequencing, there has been a virtual explosion in the number of newly identified astrovirus genotypes. With this has come an increased understanding in astrovirus biology, structure, epidemiology, immunology, and disease pathogenesis including the likelihood of extraintestinal and systemic infections. The advent of new diagnostic tests that detect all of the currently identify human astrovirus strains may prove that these viruses are more prevalent in populations than currently realized.
This book will provide state-of-the-art information on our current understanding of astroviruses for researchers, medical and veterinary providers, and diagnosticians as prepared by the leaders in the respective fields. The goal is to bring the reader up to date on the state of knowledge on this constantly evolving and exciting field of virology.

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First book of its kind Would remain up-to-date for 3-5 years Will be of great interest to professionals and researchers from many different fields, including public health and food safety experts, poultry specialists, microbiologists, virologists, pediatricians, and veterinarians? Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras