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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Viruses, plagues, and history : past, present, and future by Michael B. A. Oldstone. ISBN 9780195327311. Published by Oxford University Press in 2010. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
