Immunodeficiency Disorders and Retroviruses
Advances in Veterinary Science and Comparative Medicine, Vol. 32
- 1st Edition - January 1, 1988
- Editor: Kalman Perk
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 1 5 8 0 - 8
Advances in Veterinary Science and Comparative Medicine, Volume 32: Immunodeficiency Disorders and Retroviruses provides an understanding of retrovirus morphogenesis, pathogenesis,… Read more
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Advances in Veterinary Science and Comparative Medicine, Volume 32: Immunodeficiency Disorders and Retroviruses provides an understanding of retrovirus morphogenesis, pathogenesis, and the processes of infection and transformation. This book discusses several issues in retrovirology and their importance in basic viral oncology, comparative medicine, veterinary medicine, and immunodeficiency syndromes. Organized into eight chapters, this volume begins with an overview of the replication cycle of retroviruses. This text then summarizes the factors responsible for the progression of the neoplastic condition through each stage in the ontogeny of lymphoid leukosis. Other chapters consider bovine leukemia virus, which is the etiological agent of a chronic lymphatic leukemia/lymphoma in sheep, cos, and goats. This book discusses as well the immunologic, virologic, and epidemiologic aspects of immunosuppressive disease caused by type D retroviruses. The final chapter deals with the involvement of DNA and RNA oncogenic viruses in animal and human neoplasias. This book is a valuable resource for scientists, oncologists, and clinicians.
PrefaceAn Overview of Retrovirus Replication and Classification I. Introduction II. Retroviruses III. The First Retroviral Isolates IV. The Life Cycle of Retroviruses V. Classification of Retroviruses VI. Variation in the Interaction of Retroviruses with Their Hosts VII. Summary ReferencesAvian Lymphoid Leukosis: Mechanisms of Lymphomagenesis I. Introduction II. Target Cell of Transformation III. Virus-Target Cell Relationships IV. Bursal Follicular Hyperplasia V. Progressive Bursal Lymphomas VI. Metastasis VII. LL Tumor Immunity ReferencesFeline Leukemia/Sarcoma Viruses and Immunodeficiency I. Diseases Caused by Feline Retroviruses II. Structure of Virus III. Replication at Cell and Host Level IV. Pathogenesis of FeLV-Related Diseases V. Epidemiology of the Virus Infection VI. Immune Response to FeLV VII. Passive Immunotherapy and Active Vaccination VIII. Immunosuppression by FeLV ReferencesUngulate Lentiviruses: Pathogenesis and Relationship to AIDS I. Introduction II. The Natural History of the Ungulate Slow Virus Diseases III. Clinical and Pathological Features IV. Epidemiology and Virology V. The Retroviruses Associated with Sheep Pulmonary Adenomatosis (SPA) VI. Comparison with Human Diseases ReferencesRole of Macrophages in Lentivirus Infections Text ReferencesBovine Leukemia: Facts and Hypotheses Derived from the Study of an Infectious Cancer I. Bovine Leukemia Virus: Genome and Gene Products II. Bovine Leukemia Virus: Transmission and Protection against Infection III. Host-Virus Interplay: The Bovine Leukemia Virus Target Cell IV. Facts and Hypotheses about Bovine Leukemia Virus and Cell Transformation V. Summary ReferencesNonhuman Primate Retrovirus Isolates and AIDS I. Introduction II. Type D Retroviruses and Simian AIDS III. Simian Immunodeficiency Virus IV. Human Immunodeficiency Retroviruses Closely Related to SIV V. HIV Infection of Chimpanzees VI. Mechanisms of Retrovirus-Induced Immunodeficiency VII. Conclusions and Prospects for Future Research ReferencesLymphotropic Retroviruses of Animals and Man I. Introduction II. Retroviruses III. Acute Leukemia Viruses IV. Chronic Leukemia Viruses V. Feline Leukemia Virus VI. Bovine Leukemia Virus VII. Human T Lymphotropic Retroviruses VIII. HTLV-I and HTLV-II IX. HIV and AIDS X. Biological Characteristics XI. Properties of HTLV Genome XII. Future Prospects ReferencesIndex
- Edition: 1
- Published: January 1, 1988
- Language: English
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