Emerging Viruses

'The publication of Emerging Viruses is ... very timely. All 29 chapters are written by recognized experts in the field ... viruses selected for detailed discussions in the book are excellent examples of emerging virus diseases ... an excellent training resource, and should be required reading for all infectious disease and public health professionals.' Duane J. Gubler, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Fort Collins, Trends in Microbiology, 104, Vol. 2, No. 3, March 1994
'a thoroughly fascinating book ... Until it is read, the subject's importance is perhaps not fully realised - even by some virologists!' John R. Foster, Br J Biomed Sci 1994
'This book is for the scientifically literate general reader and the specialist. Often crossing disciplinary lines it systematically explores what is known about the reasons for viral emergence.' In Context/No.39
We now realize that infectious organisms are ... likely to be major worldwide threats into the distant future ... Emerging Viruses is the first book that confronts this problem and offers a program through which the concept of preventative medicine might be expanded to encompass preventative epidemiology ... one major advancement of a discipline should be enough for one book, and this book certainly has made one: It has focused attention on a forward-looking approach to recognize and block the emergence of viruses ... a fine reference point for readers who wish to become familiar with the issue of emerging viruses ... ideas in the book are ... helping to propel us ahead of our pathogenic threats. * Paul W. Ewald, Amherst College, The Quarterly Review of Biology, September 1994 *
Emerging Viruses is aimed at a broad readership. It can be read with profit by professional scientists, by students, by decision makers and by anyone with an interest in biomedicine. The chapters are skilfully edited and the book is realistically priced. * Craig Pringle, University of Warwick, Society for General Microbiology Quarterly, Feb 1995 *