Imported Virus Infections

Front Matter....Pages I-VIII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Imported vector- and rodent-borne virus infections — an introduction....Pages 3-11
WHO program on emerging virus diseases....Pages 13-20
Arboviruses as imported disease agents: the need for increased awareness....Pages 21-32
Arboviruses causing neurological disorders in the central nervous system....Pages 33-40
Sandfly fever viruses in Italy....Pages 41-47
Vector-borne viral diseases in Sweden — a short review....Pages 49-55
Travel-related vector-borne virus infections in Germany....Pages 57-65
Imported tropical virus infections in Germany....Pages 67-74
Front Matter....Pages 75-75
Emerging and reemerging of filoviruses....Pages 77-100
Characterization of a new Marburg virus isolated from a 1987 fatal case in Kenya....Pages 101-114
Experimental infection of cynomolgus macaques with Ebola-Reston filoviruses from the 1989–1990 U.S. epizootic....Pages 115-134
Passive immunization of Ebola virus-infected cynomolgus monkeys with immunoglobulin from hyperimmune horses....Pages 135-140
Patients infected with high-hazard viruses: scientific basis for infection control....Pages 141-168
Front Matter....Pages 169-169
Relative importance of the enterically transmitted human hepatitis viruses type A and E as a cause of foreign travel associated hepatitis....Pages 171-179
Significance of imported hepatitis B virus infections....Pages 181-183
Genotypes of hepatitis C virus isolates from different parts of the world....Pages 185-193
HIV-1 subtype O: epidemiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, and perspectives of the evolution of HIV....Pages 195-202
Back Matter....Pages 203-204