Virus as Populations
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Virus as Populations

Composition, Complexity, Quasispecies, Dynamics, and Biological Implications

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  2. English
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eBook - ePub

Virus as Populations

Composition, Complexity, Quasispecies, Dynamics, and Biological Implications

About this book

Virus as Composition, Complexity, Quasispecies, Dynamics, and Biological Implications, Second Edition, explains the fundamental concepts surrounding viruses as complex populations during replication in infected hosts. Fundamental phenomena in virus behavior, such as adaptation to changing environments, capacity to produce disease, and the probability to be transmitted or respond to treatment all depend on virus population numbers. Concepts such as quasispecies dynamics, mutations rates, viral fitness, the effect of bottleneck events, population numbers in virus transmission and disease emergence, and new antiviral strategies are included. The book's main concepts are framed by recent observations on general virus diversity derived from metagenomic studies and current views on the origin and role of viruses in the evolution of the biosphere. - Features current views on key steps in the origin of life and origins of viruses - Includes examples relating ancestral features of viruses with their current adaptive capacity - Explains complex phenomena in an organized and coherent fashion that is easy to comprehend and enjoyable to read - Considers quasispecies as a framework to understand virus adaptability and disease processes

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Information

Publisher
Academic Press
Year
2019
Edition
2
eBook ISBN
9780128163320
Topic
Biological Sciences
Subtopic
Microbiology
Index
Biological Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover image
  2. Title page
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Copyright
  5. Foreword
  6. Preface for the second edition
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Chapter 1. Introduction to virus origins and their role in biological evolution
  9. Chapter 2. Molecular basis of genetic variation of viruses: error-prone replication
  10. Chapter 3. Darwinian principles acting on highly mutable viruses
  11. Chapter 4. Interaction of virus populations with their hosts
  12. Chapter 5. Viral fitness as a measure of adaptation
  13. Chapter 6. Virus population dynamics examined with experimental model systems
  14. Chapter 7. Long-term virus evolution in nature
  15. Chapter 8. Quasispecies dynamics in disease prevention and control
  16. Chapter 9. Trends in antiviral strategies
  17. Chapter 10. Collective population effects in nonviral systems
  18. Subject Index
  19. Author Index

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