Viral Gastroenteritis

Content: 
Preface
Pages xi-xii
U. Desselberger, J. Gray

Viral gastroenteritis: Causes, pathophysiology, immunology, treatment, and epidemiology
Pages 1-8

I, 1.Viral causes of gastroenteritis Original Research Article
Pages 9-21
Umesh D. Parashar, Roger I. Glass

I, 2. Physiology and pathophysiology of the gut in relation to viral diarrhea Original Research Article
Pages 23-50
Fabián Michelangeli, Marie Christine Ruiz

I, 3. The enteric nervous system and infectious diarrhea Original Research Article
Pages 51-67
Ove Lundgren, Lennart Svensson

I, 4. Immunology of the gut Original Research Article
Pages 69-91
Per Brandtzaeg, Finn-Eirik Johansen

I, 5. Treatment of viral gastroenteritis Original Research Article
Pages 93-104
Dorsey Bass

Rotaviruses
Pages 105-113

II, 1. Structural organization of the genome in rotavirus
Pages 115-127
Joseph B. Pesavento, Mary K. Estes, B.V.Venkataram Prasad

II, 2. The three-dimensional structure of rotavirus VP6
Pages 129-141
F.A. Rey, J. Lepault, J. Cohen

II, 3. Attachment and post-attachment receptors for rotavirus Original Research Article
Pages 143-163
Susana López, Carlos F. Arias

II, 4. Rotavirus genome replication: role of the RNA-binding proteins Original Research Article
Pages 165-183
John T. Patton, Karen Kearney, Zenobia Taraporewala

II, 5. Translation of rotavirus mRNAs in the infected cell Original Research Article
Pages 185-205
Didier Poncet

II, 6.The rotavirus NSP4 enterotoxin: Current status and challenges Original Research Article
Pages 207-224
Mary K. Estes

II, 7. Interaction of the rotavirus nonstructural glycoprotein NSP4 with viral and cellular components Original Research Article
Pages 225-235
John A. Taylor, A.Richard Bellamy

II, 8. Effects of rotavirus infection on the structure and functions of intestinal cells Original Research Article
Pages 237-254
Alain L. Servin

II, 9.Microarrays and host-virus interactions: A transcriptional analysis of Caco-2 cells following rotavirus infection Original Research Article
Pages 255-289
Dino A. Feigelstock, Mariela A. Cuadras, Harry B. Greenberg

II, 10. The rat model of rotavirus infection Original Research Article
Pages 291-306
Max Ciarlet, Margaret E. Conner, Mary K. Estes

II, 11. Human adaptive immunity to rotaviruses: A model of intestinal mucosal adaptive immunity Original Research Article
Pages 307-316
Ana María Gonzalez, Maria C. Jaimes, Olga L. Rojas, Juana Angel, Harry B. Greenberg, Manuel A. Franco

II, 12. Molecular epidemiology of rotaviruses: Genetic mechanisms associated with diversity
Pages 317-344
Miren Iturriza Gómara, Ulrich Dessselberger, Jim Gray

II, 13. Current state of development of human rotavirus vaccines Original Research Article
Pages 345-356
Paul A. Offit, H.Fred Clark, Richard L. Ward

II, 14. Rotavirus-like particle vaccines evaluated in a pig model of human rotavirus diarrhea and in cattle Original Research Article
Pages 357-368
Lijuan Yuan, Linda J. Saif

II, 15. DNA-based rotavirus vaccines Original Research Article
Pages 369-381
John E. Herrmann

Enteric adenoviruses
Pages 383-387

III, 1. Aspects of the molecular biology of enteric adenoviruses Original Research Article
Pages 389-406
Fiona Stevenson, Vivien Mautner

III, 2. Epidemiology of enteric adenoviruses 40 and 41 and other adenoviruses in immunocompetent and immunodeficient individuals Original Research Article
Pages 407-445
J.C. de Jong

Norwalk- and sapporo-like viruses (human caliciviruses)
Pages 447-453

IV, 1. Structure of norwalk virus: the prototype human calicivirus Original Research Article
Pages 455-466
Andrea Bertolotti-Ciarlet, Rong Chen, mary K. Estes, B.V. Venkataram Prasad

IV, 2. Feline calicivirus as a model for the study of calicivirus replication Original Research Article
Pages 467-488
Stanislav V. Sosnovtsev, Kim Y. Green

IV, 3. Pathogenesis of enteric calicivirus infections Original Research Article
Pages 489-503
Mingzhang Guo, Linda J. Saif

IV, 4. Development of serological and molecular tests for the diagnosis of calicivirus infections Original Research Article
Pages 505-522
Xi Jiang

IV, 5. Molecular epidemiology of human caliciviruses Original Research Article
Pages 523-554
Marion Koopmans, Elisabeth van Strien, Harry Vennema

IV, 6. Calicivirus RNA recombination Original Research Article
Pages 555-566
David O. Matson

Astroviruses
Pages 567-571

V, 1.Studies on the molecular biology of human astrovirus Original Research Article
Pages 573-586
Ute Geigenmüller, Ernesto Méndez, Suzanne M. Matsui

V, 2.Ribosomal frameshifting in astroviruses Original Research Article
Pages 587-606
Ian Brierley, Marijana Vidakovic

V, 3. Molecular epidemiology of human astroviruses Original Research Article
Pages 607-616
Stephan S. Monroe

Other viruses causing gastroenteritis
Pages 617-623

VI, 1. Epidemiology of toroviruses Original Research Article
Pages 625-632
Martin Petric

VI, 2. Molecular characterization and epidemiology of picobirnaviruses Original Research Article
Pages 633-644
Blair I. Rosen

VI, 3. Molecular biology and epidemiology of Aichi virus and other diarrhoeogenic enteroviruses Original Research Article
Pages 645-657
Teruo Yamashita, Kenji Sakae

VI, 4. Histopathology of viral gastrointestinal infections in the immunocompromised Original Research Article
Pages 659-680
John W. Grant

List of contributors
Pages 681-698

Subject index
Pages 699-707