Edited by
D.J. McCance, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Box 672, Rochester, NY 14642, USA
Description
This book describes up-to-date information on the pathogenesis and molecular biology of human papillomaviruses and describes the mechanistic
role of the viruses in epithelial cancers. Included in the book are chapters on the epidemiology of human papillomaviruses, the factors
that control replication and transcription and the viral proteins, which are involved in modulating the biology of the host cell leading
to cancer. Details of the immune response to the viruses and potential vaccine strategies are discussed.
Included in series
Perspectives in Medical Virology
