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Are infectious diseases caused by novel entities, viruses that have rapidly evolved into more pathogenic forms, or viruses that have crossed species divides and become more virulent in their alternative host? These questions and how new diseases such as AIDS emerged have prompted renewed interest in the ways viruses originated and co-evolved with their hosts.Origin and Evolution of Viruses presents a full and clear description of general viral concepts and specific viral systems, and provides an excellent foundation to our understanding of how viruses emerged.This unique and com

Viruses --- Evolution. --- Virus diseases. --- Viral diseases --- Viral infections --- Virus infections --- Communicable diseases --- Medical virology --- Pathogenic viruses --- Viral evolution --- Evolution (Biology) --- Viruses - Evolution. --- VIRUSES --- HIV --- PLANT VIRUSES --- PICORNAVIRIDAE --- INFLUENZA --- PARVOVIRIDAE --- HERPESVIRIDAE --- AFRICAN SWINE FEVER VIRUS --- PATHOGENICITY

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Wildlife and the zoonotic pathogens they reservoir are the source of most emerging infectious diseases of humans. AIDS, hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, SARS, Monkeypox and the human ehrlichioses are a few examples of the devastating effect achieved by cross-species transmission of viral and bacterial pathogens of wildlife. Many factors contribute to the appearance and spread of a pathogen, including; changes in host/pathogen evolution and interaction, human demographics, behavior and technology, environmental factors, and the availability of health care and a public health infrastructure capable of providing surveillance and interventions aimed at disease prevention and control. Additionally, historical factors and the coalescence of particular circumstances modify the conditions by which pathogens and species have an opportunity to intermix, evolve and spread. This volume provides an overview of zoonotic pathogen emergence with an emphasis on the role of wildlife. The first sections of the book explore the mechanisms by which evolution, biology, pathology, ecology, history, and current context have driven the emergence of different zoonotic agents, the next sections provide specific example of disease emergence linked to wildlife, and the final section offers an overview of current methods directed at the surveillance, prevention and control of zoonotic pathogens at the level of the wildlife host and possible mechanisms to improve these activities. This book will be useful to microbiologists, ecologists, zoologists, entomologists as well as physicians and epidemiologists.

Zoonoses. --- Virus diseases --- Viruses --- Transmission. --- Evolution. --- Viral evolution --- Evolution (Biology) --- Animal-borne diseases --- Communicable diseases between animals and human beings --- Zoonotic diseases --- Communicable diseases --- Animals as carriers of disease --- Medical virology. --- Emerging infectious diseases. --- Tropical medicine. --- Virology. --- Infectious Diseases. --- Tropical Medicine. --- Diseases, Tropical --- Hygiene, Tropical --- Medicine --- Public health, Tropical --- Sanitation, Tropical --- Tropical diseases --- Medical climatology --- Emerging infections --- New infectious diseases --- Re-emerging infectious diseases --- Reemerging infectious diseases --- Medical microbiology --- Virology --- Infectious diseases. --- Microbiology

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When we think about viruses we tend to consider ones that afflict humans-such as those that cause influenza, HIV, and Ebola. Yet, vastly more viruses infect single-celled microbes. Diverse and abundant, microbes and the viruses that infect them are found in oceans, lakes, plants, soil, and animal-associated microbiomes. Taking a vital look at the "microscopic" mode of disease dynamics, Quantitative Viral Ecology establishes a theoretical foundation from which to model and predict the ecological and evolutionary dynamics that result from the interaction between viruses and their microbial hosts.Joshua Weitz addresses three major questions: What are viruses of microbes and what do they do to their hosts? How do interactions of a single virus-host pair affect the number and traits of hosts and virus populations? How do virus-host dynamics emerge in natural environments when interactions take place between many viruses and many hosts? Emphasizing how theory and models can provide answers, Weitz offers a cohesive framework for tackling new challenges in the study of viruses and microbes and how they are connected to ecological processes-from the laboratory to the Earth system.Quantitative Viral Ecology is an innovative exploration of the influence of viruses in our complex natural world.

Viruses --- Ecology. --- arms races. --- canonical viral genes. --- coevolutionary dynamics. --- complex ecosystems. --- disease dynamics. --- diversification. --- diversity. --- dynamic models. --- ecological dynamics. --- evolutionary dynamics. --- extracellular viral traits. --- fluctuating dynamics. --- food webs. --- grazers. --- host cell. --- host evolution. --- host. --- lysis. --- lysogeny. --- marine surface waters. --- microbes. --- microbial communities. --- microbial populations. --- mutation. --- mutations. --- noncanonical genes. --- ocean viruses. --- oscillatory dynamics. --- quantitative viral ecology. --- single-celled microbes. --- viral abundance. --- viral biodiversity. --- viral capsides. --- viral diversity. --- viral effects. --- viral evolution. --- viral genomes. --- viral infection. --- viral life cycle. --- viral life history. --- viral parasites. --- viral population dynamics. --- viral population. --- virus hosts. --- virus population. --- virus-microbe infection networks. --- viruses. --- virusШost interactions.

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Plant viruses cause many of the most important diseases threatening crops worldwide. Over the last quarter of a century, an increasing number of plant viruses have emerged in various parts of the world, especially in the tropics and subtropics. As is generally observed for plant viruses, most of the emerging viruses are transmitted horizontally by biological vectors, mainly insects. Reverse genetics using infectious clones—available for many plant viruses—has been used for identification of viral determinants involved in virus–host and virus–vector interactions. Although many studies have identified a number of factors involved in disease development and transmission, the precise mechanisms are unknown for most of the virus–plant–vector combinations. In most cases, the diverse outcomes resulting from virus–virus interactions are poorly understood. Although significant advances have been made towards understand the mechanisms involved in plant resistance to viruses, we are far from being able to apply this knowledge to protect cultivated plants from the all viral threats.The aim of this Special Issue was to provide a platform for researchers interested in plant virology to share their recent results. To achieve this, we invited the plant virology community to submit research articles, short communications and reviews related to the various aspects of plant virology: ecology, virus–plant host interactions, virus–vector interactions, virus–virus interactions, and control strategies. This issue contains some of the best current research in plant virology.

whitefly --- begomovirus --- Vta1 --- virus transmission --- coat proteins --- membrane association --- topology --- cilevirus --- movement protein --- p29 capsid protein --- barley yellow dwarf virus --- BYDV --- wheat --- barley --- yield loss --- vectors --- aphids --- persistent virus --- Amalgaviridae --- synergism --- antagonism --- vsiRNAs --- miRNAs --- mixed-infections --- Arabidopsis thaliana --- Cucumber mosaic virus --- genome-wide association studies --- plant–virus interaction --- seed transmission --- virulence --- callose --- coat protein --- plasmodesmata --- triple gene block --- viral suppressor --- virus movement --- virus replication complex --- TYLCD --- TYLCV --- tomato --- Solanum lycopersicum --- disease resistance --- plant breeding --- PAMP-triggered immunity --- effector-triggered immunity --- RNA silencing --- viral suppressors --- NIK1 --- PTI --- ETI --- geminiviruses --- host jumping --- viral evolution --- trade-off --- plant virus --- RNA virus --- potyvirus --- Plum pox virus --- VPg --- eIF4E --- high-throughput sequencing --- bioinformatics --- detection --- discovery --- MinION --- nanopore sequencing --- rolling circle amplification --- viral metagenomics --- CRESS DNA --- capulavirus --- homopolymer --- Begomovirus --- cucumber --- mechanical inoculation --- real-time PCR --- viral load --- QTLs --- resistance --- Geminiviridae --- sweepoviruses --- DNA satellites --- Deltasatellite --- helper virus range --- transreplication --- high-throughput sequencing (HTS) --- virus --- dsRNA --- total RNA --- OLV1 --- LRNV --- ToFBV --- ASGV --- host adaptation --- virus evolution --- n/a --- plant-virus interaction

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Plant viruses cause many of the most important diseases threatening crops worldwide. Over the last quarter of a century, an increasing number of plant viruses have emerged in various parts of the world, especially in the tropics and subtropics. As is generally observed for plant viruses, most of the emerging viruses are transmitted horizontally by biological vectors, mainly insects. Reverse genetics using infectious clones—available for many plant viruses—has been used for identification of viral determinants involved in virus–host and virus–vector interactions. Although many studies have identified a number of factors involved in disease development and transmission, the precise mechanisms are unknown for most of the virus–plant–vector combinations. In most cases, the diverse outcomes resulting from virus–virus interactions are poorly understood. Although significant advances have been made towards understand the mechanisms involved in plant resistance to viruses, we are far from being able to apply this knowledge to protect cultivated plants from the all viral threats.The aim of this Special Issue was to provide a platform for researchers interested in plant virology to share their recent results. To achieve this, we invited the plant virology community to submit research articles, short communications and reviews related to the various aspects of plant virology: ecology, virus–plant host interactions, virus–vector interactions, virus–virus interactions, and control strategies. This issue contains some of the best current research in plant virology.

Research & information: general --- Biology, life sciences --- whitefly --- begomovirus --- Vta1 --- virus transmission --- coat proteins --- membrane association --- topology --- cilevirus --- movement protein --- p29 capsid protein --- barley yellow dwarf virus --- BYDV --- wheat --- barley --- yield loss --- vectors --- aphids --- persistent virus --- Amalgaviridae --- synergism --- antagonism --- vsiRNAs --- miRNAs --- mixed-infections --- Arabidopsis thaliana --- Cucumber mosaic virus --- genome-wide association studies --- plant–virus interaction --- seed transmission --- virulence --- callose --- coat protein --- plasmodesmata --- triple gene block --- viral suppressor --- virus movement --- virus replication complex --- TYLCD --- TYLCV --- tomato --- Solanum lycopersicum --- disease resistance --- plant breeding --- PAMP-triggered immunity --- effector-triggered immunity --- RNA silencing --- viral suppressors --- NIK1 --- PTI --- ETI --- geminiviruses --- host jumping --- viral evolution --- trade-off --- plant virus --- RNA virus --- potyvirus --- Plum pox virus --- VPg --- eIF4E --- high-throughput sequencing --- bioinformatics --- detection --- discovery --- MinION --- nanopore sequencing --- rolling circle amplification --- viral metagenomics --- CRESS DNA --- capulavirus --- homopolymer --- Begomovirus --- cucumber --- mechanical inoculation --- real-time PCR --- viral load --- QTLs --- resistance --- Geminiviridae --- sweepoviruses --- DNA satellites --- Deltasatellite --- helper virus range --- transreplication --- high-throughput sequencing (HTS) --- virus --- dsRNA --- total RNA --- OLV1 --- LRNV --- ToFBV --- ASGV --- host adaptation --- virus evolution --- n/a --- plant-virus interaction