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Viruses, Plagues, and History

Michael B. A. Oldstone

More people were killed by smallpox during the twentieth century--over 300 million--than by all of the wars of that period combined. In 1918 and 1919, influenza virus claimed over 50 million lives. A century later, influenza is poised to return, ongoing plagues of...

Influenza Pathogenesis and Control - Volume II

Richard W. Compans , Michael B. A. Oldstone

This two-volume work covers the molecular and cell biology, genetics and evolution of influenza viruses, the pathogenesis of infection, resultant host innate and adaptive immune response, prevention of infection through vaccination and approaches to the therapeutic...

Influenza Pathogenesis and Control - Volume I

Richard W. Compans , Michael B. A. Oldstone

This two-volume work covers the molecular and cell biology, genetics and evolution of influenza viruses, the pathogenesis of infection, resultant host innate and adaptive immune response, prevention of infection through vaccination and approaches to the therapeutic...

Sphingosine-1-Phosphate Signaling in Immunology and Infectious Diseases

Michael B. A. Oldstone , Hugh Rosen

This volume focuses on the role of sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) and its analogs in the induced sequestration of lymphocytes in secondary lymphoid organs or in the microenvironment of tissues involved in infection or autoimmune disease. Initial chapters define the...

Measles

Diane E. Griffin , Michael B. A. Oldstone

Measles virus, one of the most contagious of all human viruses, has been largely contained by the development and use of a vaccine that was introduced 50 years ago. These two volumes were timed to honor the introduction of the vaccine and to record the enormous...

Molecular Mimicry: Infection Inducing Autoimmune Disease

Michael B. A. Oldstone