Influenza Pathogenesis and Control - Volume II

This two-volume work covers the molecular and cell biology, genetics and evolution of influenza viruses, the pathogenesis of infection, resultant host innate and adaptive immune response, prevention of infection through vaccination and approaches to the therapeutic control of infection.. Experts at...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Oldstone, Michael B. A. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Compans, Richard W. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Edition:1st ed. 2015.
Series:Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology, 386
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11158-2
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Table of Contents:
  • The role of cytokine responses during influenza virus pathogenesis and potential therapeutic options
  • Innate immune sensing and response to influenza
  • The NS1 protein: a multitasking virulence factor
  • Role of NK cells in influenza infection
  • Host detection and the stealthy phenotype in influenza virus infection
  • Inactivated and adjuvanted influenza vaccines
  • Live attenuated influenza vaccine
  • Design of alternative live attenuated influenza virus vaccines
  • Rapid production of synthetic influenza vaccines
  • Influenza neuraminidase as a vaccine antigen
  • Advances in universal influenza virus vaccine design and antibody mediated therapies based on conserved regions of the hemagglutinin
  • Structural characterization of epitopes recognized by broadly cross-reactive antibodies
  • Skin immunization with influenza vaccines
  • Mucosal immunization and adjuvants
  • B cell responses to infection and vaccination
  • Memory CD4 T cells in influenza
  • The effector T cell response to influenza infection
  • Antiviral Effects of Inhibiting Host Gene Expression.   .