In this book, the authors present new research in the study of sex chromosomes. Topics discussed in this compilation include the evolution of mamma...

Swine-origin influenza A (H1N1), better known as swine flu, was declared by the World Health Organization as a global pandemic in June 2009. The hi...

Toxoplasma gondii is an obligate intracellular parasite that infects 10-20% of the overall population in the US with rates increasing with age. T. ...

Viral gene expression regulation refers to any of the processes by which cytoplasmic factors influence the differential control of gene action in v...

This book describes the seven different classification of viruses, including their effects on common human diseases (i.e., common cold, chicken pox...

Water microbiology is concerned with the microorganisms that live in the water, or those that can be transported from one habitat to another by wat...

The book represents basic information about viral-caused and viral-like diseases in many weeds. Many scientific reports have demonstrated that weed...

The opening study included in West Nile Virus: Outbreaks, Control and Prevention Strategies aims to design and implement an efficient data-driven a...

Before 1999, the West Nile Virus was unknown in the Western hemisphere. Since then, however, each summer has shown it moving progressively across t...

In late 2015, health officials in Brazil recognized a marked increase in the number of infants born with microcephaly (from Greek, meaning small he...

The bubonic plague, smallpox, HIV/AIDS, malaria, and influenza are some of the worst epidemics/pandemics that afflicted human beings from antiquity...