Neurovirology: Handbook of Clinical Neurology Series (Series Editors: Aminoff, Boller, Swaab)

This volume in the Handbook of Clinical Neurology series provides a complete review of the history, science and current state of neurovirology. It covers the science and clinical presentation, diagnosis, and treatment of viruses of the brain and central nervous system, and is a trusted resource for scholars, scientists, neuroscientists, neurologists, virologists, and pharmacologists working on neurovirology. Neurovirology has been significantly bolstered by modern technologies such as PCR and MRI with direct impact on isolating viruses and advancing therapeutics based on molecular medicine. These advances are particularly important today with the introduction of emerging and re-emerging diseases such as HIV/AIDS, Nipah encephalitis and the appearance of West Nile encephalitis in the western hemisphere. *Detailed coverage of neurovirology from the basic science to clinical presentation *Covers advances in neurovirology via polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and MRI technology *Covers emerging and re-emerging diseases including HIV/AIDS, Nipah encephalitis, and the appearance of West Nile encephalitis in the western hemisphere INDICE: Section 1 Introduction1. A History of Viral Infections of the Central Nervous System: Foundations, Milestones, and Patterns  2. Basics of Virology  3. Neuroepidemiology and the Epidemiology of Viral Infections of the Nervous System  4. Clinical Approach to the Syndromes of Encephalitis, Myelitis and Meningitis  5. Laboratory Diagnosis of Viral Disease   6. Neuroimaging of Viral Infections of the Central Nervous System   7. Viral Neuropathogenesis   8. Neuropathology of Viral Infections  9. Innate Immune Viral Recognition: Relevance to CNS Infections10. Adaptive Immune Response to Viral Infections in the Central Nervous SystemSection 2 DNA Viruses11. Herpes simplex Virus  12. Varicella Zoster  13. EBV  14. Cytomegalovirus Infections of the Adult Human Nervous System  15. Congenital CMV  16. Human herpesvirus-6 and the Nervous System  17. Progressive Multifocal LeukoencephalopathySection 3  RNA Viruses18. Enterovirus/Picornavirus Infections  19. The Equine Encephalitides  20. West Nile and St. Louis Encephalitis Viruses  21. The Bunyaviridae  22. Human Endogenous Retroviruses and the Nervous System  23. HIV and the Nervous System   24. HTLV-Associated Myelopathy- Tropical Spastic Paraparesis   25. Tick-Borne Encephalitis   26. Japanese Encephalitis Virus Infection  27. Measles Virus and the Nervous System   28. Mumps and Rubella  29. Rabies  30. Neurologic Aspects of Influenza Viruses  31. Neurological Complications of Hepatic Viruses  32. Nipah and Hendra Viruses   33. Diseases of the Central Nervous System Caused by Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus and other ArenavirusesSection 4  Other Topics Concerning Viral or Presumed Viral Infections of the CNS34. Nervous System Viral Infections in Immunocompromised Hosts  35. Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis  36. Vilyuisk Encephalitis   37. Encephalitis Lethargica (von Economo's Encephalitis)  38. Bell's Palsy and Vestibular Neuronitis   39. Vaccines and Viral / Toxin Associated Neurological Infections

• ISBN: 978-0-444-53488-0
• Editorial: Elsevier
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 512
• Fecha Publicación: 01/08/2014
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés