Borna Disease Virus and its Role in Neurobehavioral Diseases

Summarizes and analyzes the available scientific data on this intriguing virus. * Provides an encyclopedic compilation of all recent and important discoveries in BDV, including chapters on BDV research history, molecular virology, laboratory diagnosis of infection, epidemiology and natural infection, experimental infection and pathogenesis of neurobehavioral disease, and human infections with BDV. * Demonstrates the value of studying models of neurodevelopmental damage due to BDV as a model of autism spectrum disorders. This title is published by the American Society for Microbiology Press and distributed by Taylor and Francis in rest of world territories.