id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-314325-nquov2i0 Murphy, F.A. Epidemiology of Human and Animal Viral Diseases 2008-07-30 .txt text/plain 5495 245 38 Viral disease epidemiology has come to have a major role in clarifying the etiologic role of particular viruses and viral variants as the cause of specific diseases, in improving our understanding of the overall nature of specific viral diseases, and in determining factors affecting host susceptibility and immunity, in unraveling modes of transmission, in clarifying the interaction of viruses with environmental determinants of disease, in determining the safety, efficacy, and utility of vaccines and antiviral drugs, and especially in alerting and directing disease prevention and control actions. Epidemiology is also effective in (1) clarifying the role of particular viruses and viral variants as the cause of disease, (2) clarifying the interaction of viruses with environmental determinants of disease, (3) determining factors affecting host susceptibility, (4) unraveling modes of transmission, and (5) field testing of vaccines and antiviral drugs. ./cache/cord-314325-nquov2i0.txt ./txt/cord-314325-nquov2i0.txt