Biology of emerging viruses : SARS, avian and human influenza, metapneumovirus, Nipah, West Nile, and Ross River virus / edited by Sunil K. Lal.

Boston, Mass. : Blackwell Pub. on behalf of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2007.

xii, 149 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.

The biology of influenza a virus / Timothy K.W. Cheung and Leo L.M. Poon -- The molecular biology of SARS / Namita Satija and Sunil K. Lal -- Molecular aspects of the Nipah virus glycoproteins / Sandra Diederich and Andrea Maisner -- Envelope-receptor interactions in Nipah virus pathobiology / Benhur Lee -- Avian and human metapneumovirus / Shobha Broor and Preeti Bharaj -- Signal transduction in SARS-COV-infected cells / Tetsuya Mizutani -- The molecular and cellular aspects of arthritis due to alphavirus -- Infections : lesson learned from Ross River virus / Nestor E. Rulli [and others] -- Rapid identification of emerging infectious agents using PCR and mass spectroscopy / Rangarajan Sampath -- Plant-based production of therapeutic proteins and vaccines / Robert Boehm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.