Virus / Marilyn J. Roossinck ; with a foreword by Carl Zimmer
By: Roossinck, Marilyn J [author].
Contributor(s): Zimmer, Carl [writer of introductory text].
Publisher: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2016Description: 256 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color) ; 25 cm.Content type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780691166964.Subject(s): Viruses | SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Virology | SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Microbiology | SCIENCE -- Reference | VirusesGenre/Form: Print books. | Illustrated works.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 250-251) and index
Introduction -- What is a virus? -- History of virology -- Timeline -- Virus controversies -- Replication -- Packaging -- Transmission -- Lifestyles of viruses -- Immunity -- 101 remarkable viruses -- Human viruses -- Chikungunya -- Dengue -- Ebola -- Hepatitis C -- Human adenovirus 2 -- Human herpes simplex virus 1 -- Human immunodeficiency -- Human papilloma virus 16 -- Human rhinovirus A -- Influenza virus A -- JC -- Measles -- Mumps -- Norwalk -- Poliovirus -- Rotavirus A -- SARS related coronavirus -- Varicella-zoster -- Variola -- West Nile -- Yellow fever -- Zika -- Sin nombre -- Torque teno
Vertebrate animal viruses -- African swine fever -- Bluetongue -- Boid inclusion bod disease -- Bornadisease -- Bovine viral diarrhea virus 1 -- Canine parvovirus -- Foot and mouth disease -- Frog virus 3 -- Infectious salmon anemia -- Myxoma -- Porcine circovirus -- Rabies -- Rift Valley fever -- Rinderpest -- Rous sarcoma -- Simian virus 40 -- Viral hemorrhagic septicemia -- Feline leukemia -- Mouse herpesvirus 68 --
Plant viruses -- African cassava mosaic -- Banana bunchy top -- Barley yellow dwarf -- Cauliflower mosaic -- Citrus tristeza -- Cucumber mosaic -- Oryza sativa endornavirus -- Ourmia melon -- Pea enation mosaic -- Plum pox -- Potato virus Y -- Rice dwarf -- Rice hoja blanca -- Satellite tobacco mosaic -- Tobacco etch -- Tobacco mosaic -- Tomato bushy stunt -- Tomato spotted wilt -- Tomato yellow leaf curl -- White clover cryptic -- Bean golden mosaic -- Tulip breaking
Invertebrate animal viruses -- Cotesia congregata bracovirus -- Cricket paralysis -- Deformed wing -- Drosophila virus C -- Dysaphis plantaginea densovirus -- Flock house -- Invertebrate iridescent virus 6 -- Lymantria dispar multiple nucleo-polyhedrosis -- Orsay -- White spot syndrome -- Yellow head
Fungal and protist viruses -- Acanthamoeba polyphaga mimivirus -- Curvularia thermal tolerance -- Helminthosporium victoriae virus 190S -- Penicillium chrysogenum -- Pithovirus sibericum -- Saccaromyces cerevisia L-A -- Cryphonectria hypovirus 1 -- Ophiostoma mitovirus 4 -- Paramecium busaria chlorellavirus 1 -- Phytophthora endornavirus 1
Bacterial and archaeal viruses -- Bacillus phage phi29 -- Enterobacteria phage lambda -- Enterobacteria phage T$ -- Enterobacteria phage phiX174 -- Mycobacterium phage D29 -- Ralstonia phage phiRSL1 -- Synechococcus phage Syn5 -- Acidianus bottle-shaped virus 1 -- Aciadianus two-tailed -- Enterobacteria phage H-19B -- Enterobacteria phage M13 -- Enterobacteria phage QB -- Staphylococcus phage 80 -- Sulfolobus spindle-shaped virus 1 -- Vibrio phage CTX
"This stunningly illustrated book provides a rare window into the amazing, varied, and often beautiful world of viruses. Contrary to popular belief, not all viruses are bad for you. In fact, several are beneficial to their hosts, and many are crucial to the health of our planet. Virus offers an unprecedented look at 101 incredible microbes that infect all branches of life on Earth-- from humans and other animals to insects, plants, fungi, and bacteria."--Jacket