Published May, 2015
By Jurgen A.. Richt, Juergen Richt and Richard J. Webby
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
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From the first detailed clinical description of the disease in the Midwestern United States in 1918, to the isolation of the causative agent, the first of any influenza virus, in 1930 to its role in the genesis of the 2009 human pandemic, swine have played a central role in the ecology of influenza.

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Published May, 2015
By David S. Goodsell, Douglas D. Richman, Bruce Torbett, Douglas Richman and Bruce E. Torbett
Publisher: Springer (Springer International Publishing AG)
Series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology
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HIV-1 inhibitor resistance is discussed in detail, and critical assessments as to what will be required of future antiretrovirals in order to halt viral replication, reduce viral resistance, and alter the state of viral latency are presented.

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Published May, 2015
By Andreas Burkovski
Publisher: Elsevier (Caister Academic Press)
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Published April, 2015
By Michael Bauer, Jurgen Popp and J Popp
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd (Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH)
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This outstanding overview sets a new standard for a methods book on pathogen detection. The first chapter provides an outline of currently used routine methods, including their background, strengths and weaknesses, as well as comparing them to newer methods.

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Published April, 2015
By David Rollinson, D. Rollinson and Russell Stothard
Publisher: Elsevier (Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc)
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Published April, 2015
By Min Gu, Xiaosong Gan, Xiaoyuan Deng and Deng Xiaoyuan
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering
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This book provides a systematic introduction to the principles of microscopic imaging through tissue-like turbid media in terms of Monte-Carlo simulation. Microscopic imaging through a tissue-like turbid medium can provide higher resolution than transillumination imaging in which no objective is used.

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Published April, 2015
By Maziar Divangahi
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
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This book illustrates the intimate relationship between alveolar macrophages and Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb.), and the former's role in both innate and adaptive immunity against M.tb. It explores a novel approach to designing a new tuberculosis vaccine.

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Published April, 2015
By G. Singh Chhatwal
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology
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Streptococci are Gram-positive bacteria that cause a wide spectrum of diseases, such as pharyngitis, necrotizing fasciitis and streptococcal toxic shock syndrome, as well as rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease as sequelae.

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Published April, 2015
By Giovanni Gurnari
Publisher: Springer (Springer International Publishing AG)
Series: SpringerBriefs in Molecular Science
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Hygiene, i.e., the prevention of contamination and microbial infections, is of greatest importance in the industry, as are disinfection techniques, to prevent or to fight microbial contaminations and infections, and practical emerging concerns are centered around these fundamental concerns.

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Published April, 2015
By Ralf Bartenschlager
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology
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Hepatitis C virus (HCV), a major causative agent of chronic liver disease, is spread throughout the world and around 170 million people are persistently infected.

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