Viruses, pandemics, and immunity / Arup K. Chakraborty and Andrey S. Shaw ; illustrated by Philip J.S. Stork
By: Chakraborty, Arup [author].
Contributor(s): Shaw, Andrey S [author] | Stork, Philip J. S [illustrator].
Series: Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, ©2020Copyright date: ©2020Description: 206 p: illustrations ; 21 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780262542388; 0262542382.Subject(s): Epidemics | Epidemics -- Prevention | Immunity | Vaccines | Pandemics | Viruses -- pathogenicity | Immunity | Vaccines | Virus Diseases -- drug therapyGenre/Form: Print books.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | RA644.V55 C435 2020 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU00000000017441 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [191]-193) and index
Conquering a pandemic that raged from antiquity to the eighteenth century -- Discovery of infectious disease-causing microbes and the dawn of the modern era of vaccines -- Viruses and the emergence of pandemics -- Immunity -- Spread and mitigation of pandemics -- Antiviral therapies -- Vaccines
"Informed and accessible overview of viruses and pandemics, how our immune system combats them, and how diagnostic tests, vaccines, and antiviral therapies work to form the foundation of public health."--