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Two-Volume Set:Neurovirology is an interdisciplinary field representing a melding of virology, clinical neuroscience, molecular pathogenesis, diagnostic virology, molecular biology, and immunology. Neuroviral Infections: General Principles and DNA Viruses covers recent developments in the area of neuroviral infections and discusses their role in re

General Principles and DNA VirusesPrinciples of Viral Infections of the Nervous System: Neuroviral Infections: A Historical Perspective. Neuroviral Infections and Immunity. Controlling Neuroinflammation: Lessons from Rabies Virus. Laboratory Diagnosis of CNS Viral Infections. New Trends in Antiviral Therapy of CNS Infections. Animal Models of Viral Encephalitis. Neurotropic DNA Viruses and their Diseases: Herpes Simplex Virus and Human CNS Infections. CNS, Neurological Infections Caused by the Herpesvirus Varicella-Zoster Virus (VZV), and Models of VZV Neurotropism. Epstein-Barr Virus and CNS Infections. Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Infection. Human Herpesvirus 6A, 6B, and 7 Encephalitis. The Human Polyomavirus JC and Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy. RNA Viruses and RetrovirusesRNA Viruses: Alphavirus Neurovirulence. Neurological Chikungunya: Lessons from Recent Epidemics, Animal Models, and Other Alphavirus Family Members. Arenaviruses and Neurovirology. Bunyaviruses. Human Coronaviruses: Respiratory Pathogens Revisited as Infectious Neuroinvasive, Neurotropic, and Neurovirulent Agents. Nonpolio Enteroviruses, Polioviruses, and Human CNS Infections. Neurovirulence of the West Nile Virus. Murray Valley Encephalitis Virus. Japanese Encephalitis Virus and Human CNS Infection. Tick-Borne Encephalitis. St. Louis Encephalitis. Powassan Virus. Neurological Dengue. Influenza Virus and CNS Infections. Human Paramyxoviruses and Infections of the Central Nervous System. Rabies Virus Neurovirulence. Rubella Virus Infections. Retroviruses: Human T-Lymphotropic Virus. Human Immunodeficiency Virus Neuropathogenesis.