Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection

Edited by Bernhard Resch, ISBN 978-953-307-718-5, Hard cover, 246 pages, Publisher: InTech, Published: November 25, 2011 under CC BY 3.0 license, in subject Infectious Diseases
DOI: 10.5772/1496

In this online Open Access book on "Human RSV Infections", several distinguished authors contribute their experience in respiratory syncytial virology. A major focus lies on the fascinating pathophysiology of RSV and represents recent and actual work on different mechanisms involved in the complex pathogenesis of the virus. The second section elucidates epidemiologic and diagnostic aspects of RSV infection covering a more clinical view of RSV disease. At last, treatment modalities including the search for a vaccine that is still not in sight are discussed and conclude this book, thus building up a circle that runs from experimental models of RSV related lung disease over clinical aspects of disease to the latest news of therapeutic and prophylactic approaches to human RSV infection.

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BOOK CONTENTS

• Chapter 1  MHC Class I Ligands and Epitopes in HRSV Infectionby Daniel López
• Chapter 2  RSV Induced Changes in miRNA Expression in Lungby Shirley R. Bruce and Joseph L. Alcorn
• Chapter 3  Animal Models of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Pathogenesis and Vaccine Development: Opportunities and Future Directionsby Amelia R. Woolums, Sujin Lee and Martin L. Moore
• Chapter 4  Structural and Functional Aspects of the Small Hydrophobic (SH) Protein in the Human Respiratory Syncytial Virusby Siok Wan Gan and Jaume Torres
• Chapter 5  Cellular and Molecular Characteristics of RSV-Induced Disease in Humansby Olivier Touzelet and Ultan F. Power
• Chapter 6  Detection of Bacteriophage in Dropletsby Phillipa Perrott and Megan Hargreaves
• Chapter 7  Life-Threatening RSV Infections in Childrenby Martin C.J. Kneyber
• Chapter 8  Epidemiology and Diagnosis of Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infectionsby Javed Akhter and Sameera Al Johani
• Chapter 9  Anti-Respiratory Syncytial Virus Agents from Phytomedicineby Damian Chukwu Odimegwu, Thomas Grunwald and Charles Okechukwu Esimone
• Chapter 10  Treatment of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection: Past, Present and Futureby Dirk Roymans and Anil Koul
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