(PDF) Neurotropic Viral Infections, VOL 2, 2nd Edition by Carol Shoshkes Reiss

This is the PDF eBook version for Neurotropic Viral Infections, VOL 2 – Neurotropic Retroviruses, DNA Viruses, Immunity and Transmission 2nd Edition by Carol Shoshkes Reiss

Table of Contents

Part 1.- Retroviruses, DNA Viruses and Prions.- The pathogenesis of HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis.- HIV.- Molecular biology of JC virus and the human demyelinating disease, progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy.- The Herpes Simplex Viruses.- The Pathogenesis of Varicella-Zoster Virus Neurotropism and Infection.- Virus Induced Demyelination: The Case for Virus(es) in Multiple Sclerosis.- Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies.- Part 2.- Immunity, Diagnosis, Vectors and Beneficial Uses of Neurotropic Viruses.- Innate Immunity in Viral Encephalitis.- Neuroendocrine-immune interactions in neurotropic viral infections.- Clinical Management of Viral Encephalitis.- Influences of Arthropod Vectors on Encephalitic Arboviruses.- The Role of Bats as Reservoir Hosts of Emerging Neuroviruses.- Transmission of neurotropic viruses by transplantation.- Viral Oncolysis of Glioblastoma.- Viral Gene Therapy for Central Nervous System Diseases.