Global view of the fight against influenza [[electronic resource] /] / Petar M. Mitrasinovic, editor

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910779641503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Nova Science Publishers, 2009
• ISBN: 1-60876-962-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (442 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): MitrasinovicPetar M. <1968->
• Disciplina: 614.518
• Soggetti: Influenza - Prevention; Influenza; Influenza - Epidemiology
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. William Graeme Laver (Graeme) Ph.D. frs 1929-2008 / Robert G. Webster -- 2. The origin and control of pandemic influenza / the abstract and first section - the late W. Graeme Laver ; Penny G. Laver and Adrian J. Gibbs -- 3. Flu drugs : pathway to discovery / William Graeme Laver -- 4. Advances in molecular evolution of influenza a virus / Xiu-Feng Wan and Michael Emch -- 5. Pathogenesis of avian influenza (h5n1) infection in humans / Ruishu Deng and Jiang Gu -- 6. The interactions between avian h5n1 influenza virus and dendritic cell-specific icam-3 grabbing non-integrin (dc-sign) / Sheng-Fan Wang and Yi-Ming Arthur Chen -- 7. The activity of neuraminidase inhibitor oseltamivir against all subtypes of influenza viruses / Noel A. Roberts and Elena A. Govorkova -- 8. Computational investigations of the binding mechanism of current influenza virus neuraminidase inhibitors: correlation with experiment / Marija L. Mihajlovic and Petar M. Mitrasinovic -- 9. The impact of structural biology on the understanding of the influenza virus and the rational design of antivirals / Philip S. Kerry and Rupert J. Russell -- 10. The structure-based design of novel inhibitors of h5n1 virus neuraminidase / Petar M. Mitrasinovic -- 11. On the development of vaccines against pandemic influenza / Petar M. Mitrasinovic -- 12. Alternative strategies for vaccine development against avian flu / Michele A. Zacks and Slobodan Paessler -- 13. Advances in quantitative analyses of the hemagglutinin ; of influenza a viruses and vaccines / Xuguang Li, Terry D. Cyr, Michel Girard, Changgui Li, Junzi Wang, Gary Van Domselaar, Aaron Farnsworth, Helen Macdonald-Piquard, and Runtao He -- 14. Niaid resources for the global research community to support development of new influenza therapeutics / Amy Krafft, Rachelle Salomon, and Martin Crumrine -- 15. Micronutrients in the global fight against influenza / Raxit J. Jariwalla, M. Waheed Roomi, Tatiana Kalinovsky, Matthias Rath, and Aleksandra Niedzwiecki -- 16. The ikarus syndrome in the poultry industry and the concern about a new great influenza pandemic : what to learn from Ikarus' crash / Sievert Lorenzen -- 17. Theoretical aspect of prevention policies against influenza pandemic / Shingo Iwami, Yasuhiro Takeuchi, Xianning Liu, Andrei Korobeinikov, Eunok Jung, and Tae-Chang Jo -- 18. The impact of an emerging avian influenza virus (h5n1) in a seabird colony / Suzanne M. O'Regan, Tom C. Kelly, Andrei Korobeinikov, Michael J.A. O'Callaghan, and Alexei V. Pokrovskii -- 19. Control of influenza at healthcare facilities in resource-limited settings / Thana Khawcharoenporn, Anucha Apisarnthanarak, and Linda M. Mundy -- 20. Between panic and apathy : the fight against influenza in South Africa / Thomas Gstraunthaler.