Download or read book Viruses and Interferon written by Karen Mossman and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, a panel of international experts reviews the current hot-topics, producing a timely overview of this exciting field. The book opens with a chapter that comprehensively reviews the antiviral effects of extracellular double-stranded RNA, the 'viral toxin'. This is followed by chapters that review the properties of type I and type III interferons, and the role of interferon-stimulated genes. The next five chapters are devoted to understanding the diverse strategies used by clinically relevant human viruses to subvert host interferon responses. The closing chapter provides an interes.