Neurotropic viral infections / edited by Carol Shoshkes Reiss.

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Neurotropic picornaviruses / Vincent Racaniello -- Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis / James F. Bale Jr. and Robert S. Fujinami -- Rabies / Monique Lafon -- Neurotropic coronavirus infections / Stanley Perlman and Noah Butler -- Arenavirus infection in the nervous system : uncovering principles of virus-host interaction and viral pathogenesis / Stefan Kunz and Juan-Carlos de la Torre -- Neurotropic alphaviruses / Diane E. Griffin -- Flaviviruses / Barbara W. Johnson -- Human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 and disease in the central nervous system / Angelina J. Mosley and Charles R.M. Bangham -- HIV infection of the central nervous system / Iain C. Anthony, Peter Simmonds, and Jeanne E. Bell -- JC virus molecular biology and the human demyelinating disease, progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy / Kamel Khalili [and others] -- The herpes simplex viruses / David C. Bloom and Nicole V. Giordani -- The pathogenesis of varicella-zoster virus neurotropism and infection / Leigh Zerboni and Ann M. Arvin -- Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies / Surachai Supattopone and Judy R. Rees -- Innate immunity in viral encephalitis / Carol Shoshkes Reiss -- Role of toll-like receptors in neurotropic viral infections / Robert W. Finberg, Shenghua Zhou, and Evelyn A. Kurt-Jones -- Neuroendocrine-immune interactions in neurotropic viral infections / C. Jane Welsh [and others] -- Epidemiology of viral encephalitis / Nino Khetsuriani and Larry J. Anderson -- Pathogen surveillance and discovery / W. Ian Lipkin and Thomas Briese -- Clinical management of viral encephalitis / Kenneth L. Tyler and Donald H. Gilden -- Influences of arthropod vectors on encephalitic arboviruses / Stephen Higgs -- The role of bats as reservoir hosts of emerging neurological viruses / John S. Mackenzie [and others] -- Viral oncolysis of glioblastoma / William T. Curry, Jr. and Robert L. Martuza -- Viral gene therapy for central nervous system diseases / Pedro R. Lowenstein, Kurt M. Kroeger, and Maria G. Castro.

Viral infections of the central nervous system or neurotropic viruses are often lethal. These diseases range from polio and measles, to rabies, Varicella-zoster, Herpes, West Nile, Japanese encephalitis, and AIDS. Such infections have profound public health consequences, and the understanding of these diseases involves understanding the interaction between the nervous system and the immune system. This book shows each individual virus, discussing the diseases they cause and the mechanisms by which they cause and spread those diseases. Detection, treatment and prevention are also discussed. Included is coverage of novel and beneficial uses of neurotropic viruses for gene therapy and tumor lysis. Neurotropic Viral Infection has been written in a style suitable for a wide professional audience, and will appeal to anyone from graduate students and postdocs to clinicians and public health professionals.