Viral and Other Infections of the Human Respiratory Tract

Epidemiology of respiratory tract infections, Sebastian Johnston and Stephen Holgate; the clinical spectrum of disease in adults, Elliott Larson; clinical spectrum of disease in children, David Isaacs; diagnosis of viral respiratory virus infections, Steven Myint; pathophysiology of viral respiratory tract infections, Anders Akerlund and Mats Bende; taxonomy of rhinoviruses - a history, Albert Kapikian; respiratory virus infections in the tropics, Yuri Pervikov et al; rhinoviruses, Widad Al-Nakib; coronaviruses, Stuart Siddell and Steven Myint; adenoviruses, Dick Madeley et al; paramyxoviruses, Craig Pringle; respiratory syncytial virus, Peter Watt and Paul Lambden; immunity to respiratory syncytial virus infections, Jim Stott and Geraldine Taylor; influenza viruses and vaccines, Geoffrey Schild et al; influenza viruses - clinical spectrum and management, Karl Nicholson; respiratory hantaan virus, Steven Myint; mycloplasms and their role in human respiratory tract disease, David Taylor-Robinson; chlamydia pneumoniae infections, Brenda Thomas and David Taylor-Robinson; respiratory virus infections in the immunocompromised, V. Emery et al; the use of interferons in respiratory viral infections, Geoff Scott; specific antiviral therapy of respiratory viruses, John Oxford; antiviral activity of defective interfering influenza virus in vivo, Nigel Dimmock; psychology of common colds and other infections, Sheldon Cohen and Andrew Smith; the ethical use of human volunteers in clinical research, Norma Watson and Walter Nimmo; chronic bronchial infections - clinical implications of pathogenetic mechanisms, Peter Cole.