Published November, 2008
By Michael B. A. Oldstone, Michael B.A. Oldstone and Diane E. Griffin
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology
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Measles virus, one of the most contagious of all human viruses, has been largely contained by the development and use of a vaccine that was introduced 50 years ago.

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Published November, 2008
By Satish Gupte, Chandan Jyoti Das and Abhishek Gupta
Publisher: Jaypee Medical (Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers)
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Published October, 2008
By Timothy Wang, James Fox and Andy Giraud
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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Taking my own view, as a scientist placed in the middle of the spectrum between basic science and clinical medicine, I can see that the editors, Jim Fox, Andy Giraud, and Timothy Wang, provide a broad mix of expertise, which ensures that the subject is treated with the right balance.

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Published October, 2008
By Lucia Clontz
Publisher: Taylor & Francis (CRC Press Inc)
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Assists readers in understanding the issues associated with pharmaceutical microbiology and provides them with tools to create microbial contamination control and microbial testing programs for the areas under their responsibility. This work is suitable for those responsible for the microbial quality of products and manufacturing facilities.

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Published October, 2008
By Jerome Goddard
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Infectious Disease
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In this second edition of Infectious Diseases and Arthropods, Jerome Goddard summarizes the latest thinking about the biological, entomological, and clinical aspects of the major vector-borne diseases around the world.

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Published October, 2008
By James L. van Etten and James L. Etten
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology
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Several large dsDNA-containing viruses such as poxviruses (smallpox) and herpes viruses are well known among the scientific community, as well as the general populace, because they cause human diseases.

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Published October, 2008
By Marianne Manchester and Nicole F. Steinmetz
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology
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Nanotechnology is a collective term describing a broad range of relatively novel topics. Nanotechnology seeks to mimic what nature has achieved, with precision at the nanometer level down to the atomic level. Bacterial viruses (bacte- ophages), plant and animal eukaryotic viruses, and viruses of archaea have all been characterized in this manner.

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Published October, 2008
By Shuiping Jiang
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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Covering one of the hottest topics in immunology today, this book provides a comprehensive view of all types of regulatory T cells described so far in the literature. The book will have broad appeal to both researchers and clinicians.

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Published October, 2008
By Rajesh Bhatia, RL Ichhpujani and R. L. Ichhpujani
Publisher: Jaypee Medical (Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers)
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Published September, 2008
By Dylan Edwards, Gunilla Hoyer-Hansen, Francesco Blasi, Bonnie Sloane, B.F. Sloane and B. F. Sloane
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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This book covers recent knowledge of the composition of the Degradome, how it can be studied using modern approaches such as transcriptomics and mass spectrometry; and many other relevant subjects, including new approaches to targeting proteolysis for therapy.

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