Measles Pathogenesis and Control

Measles virus, one of the most contagious of all human viruses, has been largely contained by the development and use of a vaccine that was introduced 50 years ago. These two volumes were timed to honor the introduction of the vaccine and to record the en

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Series Editors Richard W. Compans Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, 3001 Rollins Research Center, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA Max D. Cooper Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Georgia Research Alliance, Emory University, 1462 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA Tasuku Honjo Department of Medical Chemistry, Kyoto University, Faculty of Medicine, Yoshida, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan Hilary Koprowski Thomas Jefferson University, Department of Cancer Biology, Biotechnology Foundation Laboratories, 1020 Locust Street, Suite M85 JAH, Philadelphia, PA 19107-6799, USA Fritz Melchers Biozentrum, Department of Cell Biology, University of Basel, Klingelbergstr. 50–70, 4056 Basel Switzerland Michael B.A. Oldstone The Scripps Research Institute, Department of Immunology and Microbial Science, 10550 N. Torrey Pines, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA Sjur Olsnes Department of Biochemistry, Institute for Cancer Research, The Norwegian Radium Hospital, Montebello 0310 Oslo, Norway Peter K. Vogt The Scripps Research Institute, Dept. of Molecular & Exp. Medicine, Division of Oncovirology, 10550 N. Torrey Pines. BCC-239, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA

Diane E. Griffin • Michael B.A. Oldstone Editors

Measles Pathogenesis and Control

Editors: Diane E. Griffin Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health Department of Molecular Microbiology 615 N. Wolfe Street Baltimore, MD 21205 USA [email protected] [email protected]

ISBN 978-3-540-70616-8

Michael B.A. Oldstone Scripps Research Institute Department of Immunology and Microbial Science 10550 N. Torrey Pines Road La Jolla, CA 92037 USA [email protected]

e-ISBN 978-3-540-70617-5

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