Viruses : the invisible enemy / Dorothy Crawford.
By: Crawford, Dorothy [author.].
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, ©2021Edition: 2.Description: 247 pages cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780192845030.Genre/Form: Print books.Summary: "All around us are minute entities that can damage and kill: the millions of viruses that pervade the natural world. Our bodies harbour many that we have long tolerated, but a new one, which jumps into humans from another species, can be lethal. But what are viruses, how do they cause disease, and how can we fight them? This new edition of Viruses: The Invisible Enemy explores these questions. It describes our long history of living with viruses, considering those behind diseases such as smallpox, polio, various cancers, AIDS, Ebola, and, most recently, COVID-19, how they emerged, why we can expect new killer viruses in the future, and how we can win the battle against such an enemy"--| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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"All around us are minute entities that can damage and kill: the millions of viruses that pervade the natural world. Our bodies harbour many that we have long tolerated, but a new one, which jumps into humans from another species, can be lethal. But what are viruses, how do they cause disease, and how can we fight them? This new edition of Viruses: The Invisible Enemy explores these questions. It describes our long history of living with viruses, considering those behind diseases such as smallpox, polio, various cancers, AIDS, Ebola, and, most recently, COVID-19, how they emerged, why we can expect new killer viruses in the future, and how we can win the battle against such an enemy"--