LEADER 03741nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910458728703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-63784-6 010 $a9786610637843 010 $a0-08-045589-1 024 3 $z9780120883851 035 $a(CKB)1000000000364743 035 $a(EBL)269966 035 $a(OCoLC)476000410 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000238390 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11206732 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000238390 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10233059 035 $a(PQKB)10374595 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC269966 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL269966 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10138216 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL63784 035 $a(OCoLC)441763946 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000364743 100 $a20050707d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aRinderpest and peste des petits ruminants$b[electronic resource] $evirus plagues of large and small ruminants /$fedited by Thomas Barrett, Paul-Pierre Pastoret and William P. Taylor 210 $aAmsterdam ;$aLondon $cAcademic$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (389 p.) 225 1 $aBiology of animal infections 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-12-088385-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Rinderpest and Peste des Petits Ruminants Virus Plagues of Large and Small Ruminants; Dedication; Contents; Contributors; Series Introduction: Biology of Animal Infections; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; List of Plates; Rinderpest: a general introduction; The morbilliviruses; Molecular biology of the morbilliviruses; Rinderpest and peste des petits ruminants - the diseases: clinical signs and pathology; Rinderpest - an old and worldwide story: history to c.1902; Rinderpest in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries; Rinderpest and wildlife 327 $aDiagnosis of rinderpest virus and peste des petits ruminants virusOld prophylactic methods; Immunology of rinderpest - an immunosuppression but a lifelong vaccine protection; History of vaccines and vaccination; New generation vaccines against rinderpest and peste des petits ruminants; Use of rinderpest vaccine in international programmes for the control and eradication of rinder-; Strategy for measles eradication; Towards the global eradication of rinderpest; Conclusions; Biographical notes on key players in rinderpest study and control; Index 330 $aRinderpest and Peste des Petits Ruminants tells the story of how, by the year 2010, scientists are set to globally eradicate one of the great historic plagues that has ravaged human livestock for centuries. Descriptions of the disease in Europe date back to the 4th century and it was regularly re-introduced following wars and other civil unrest until late in the 19th century. It was introduced with devastating effect into Africa towards the end of the 19th century and is now widespread across sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and Southern Asia. Its causative agent, rinderpest virus, a 410 0$aBiology of animal infections. 606 $aRuminants$xVirus diseases 606 $aRinderpest$xHistory 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aRuminants$xVirus diseases. 615 0$aRinderpest$xHistory. 676 $a636.2089691 701 $aBarrett$b T$0927928 701 $aPastoret$b Paul-Pierre$0513638 701 $aTaylor$b William P$0927929 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910458728703321 996 $aRinderpest and peste des petits ruminants$92084720 997 $aUNINA