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" Viruses, plagues, and history : "
Michael B.A. Oldstone
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BL
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623787
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| Main Entry
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Oldstone, Michael B. A
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| Title & Author
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Viruses, plagues, and history : : past, present, and future /\ Michael B.A. Oldstone
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| Edition Statement
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Rev. and updated ed
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| Publication Statement
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Oxford ;New York :: Oxford University Press,, 2010
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xvi, 383 p. :: ill., maps ;; 21 cm
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9780195327311 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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: 0195327314 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-369) and index
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| Contents
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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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| Abstract
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In clear and engrossing prose, virologist Michael Oldstone explains the scientific principles of viruses and epidemics while also relating the past and present history of major viral threats to human health. -- p.[4] of cover
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| Subject
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Virus diseases-- History
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Virus Diseases-- history
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| Dewey Classification
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616.9
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RC114.5.O37 2010
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RC114.5.O37 2010
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2009 L-473
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WC 11.1O44v 2010
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