Proceedings of the European Workshop sponsored by the Commission of the European Communities on the advice of the Committee on Medical and Public Health Research, held in London(U.K.), April 5-6, 1979
edited by D.A.J. Tyrrell.
Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
1979
(298 pages)
New perspectives in clinical microbiology, 2.
The biology of scrapie agent --;The pathogenesis and pathology of scrapie --;Discussion on Drs. Kimberlin and H. Fraser's papers --;Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis: Characterization of the etiological agent and its relationship to the Morbilli viruses --;Measles virus --;host cell relationships in subacute sclerosing panencephalitis --;Discussion on Drs. ter Meulen and K.B. Fraser's papers --;Canine distemper encephalitis --;Discussion on Dr. Lund's paper --;The immune response in subacute sclerosing panencephalitis --;Recent findings on cell-mediated immune reactions in acute measles and SSPE --;Discussion on Drs. Lachmann and Kreth's papers --;The biology of RNA tumour viruses --;Evidence for the presence of retrovirus markers in man --;Discussion on Drs. Weiss and Thiry's papers --;Visna. The biology of the agent and the disease --;Epizootiology of Maedi/Visna in sheep --;Discussion on Drs. Petersson and De Boer's papers --;The key role of cell membrane modulation in the biological effects of interferon --;Discussion on Dr. Chany's paper --;Immune responses in the cerebrospinal fluid --;Discussion on Dr. Lowenthal's paper --;Infections in immunodeficient patients --;Discussion on Dr. Webster's paper --;Virus-like agents from patients with mental diseases and some chronic neurological conditions --;Discussion on Dr. Tyrrell's paper --;Discussion on Dr. Stinger's paper --;Discussion on Dr. Cathala's recent work --;Discussion on the directions for further research --;Index of subjects.
This book records the papers and discussions at a Work- shop which took place in London on the 5th and 6th of April 1979, as part of the programme of the Commission of the European Communities on Medical and Public Health Research.