The Evolution and Emergence of RNA Viruses

by Edward C. Holmes

Book Overview

RNA viruses provide unique insights into the patterns and processes of evolutionary change in real time. The study of viral evolution is especially topical given the growing awareness that emerging and re-emerging diseases (most of which are caused by RNA viruses) represent a major threat to public health. However, while the study of viral evolution has developed rapidly in the last 30 years, relatively little attention has been directed toward linking...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199211124
• ISBN13: 9780199211128
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"