Viruses, plagues, and history past, present, and future / Michael B.A. Oldstone.
By: Oldstone, Michael B. A.
2010Edition: Rev. and updated ed.Description: xvi, 383 p. : ill., maps.ISBN: 9780195327311 .Subject(s): Virus diseases -- HistoryGenre/Form: Print books.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | RC114.5 .O37 2010 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU0000000006532 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-369) and index.
Viruses, plagues, and history. A general introduction. Introduction to the principles of virology. Introduction to the principles of immunology -- Success stories. Smallpox. Yellow fever. Measles virus. Poliomyelitis -- Present and future challenges. An overview of newly emerging viral plagues : the hemorrhagic fevers. Lassa fever. Ebola. Hantavirus. Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) : the first pandemic of the twenty-first century. West Nile virus : deaths of crows and humans. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) : AIDS, the current plague. Mad cow disease and Englishmen : spongiform encephalopathies-Prion disease. Influenza virus, the plague that may return. Conclusions and future predictions.
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