Viruses and Man: A History of Interactions

Milton Taylor, Indiana University, offers an easy-to-read and fascinating text describing the impact of viruses on human society. The book starts with an analysis of the profound effect that viral epidemics had on world history resulting in demographic upheavals by destroying total populations. It a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Taylor, Milton W. (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edición:1st ed. 2014.
Temas:
Virology.
Medical microbiology.
Immunology.
Medical Microbiology.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A Short History of Virology
  • What is a Virus?- A History of Cell Culture
  • Discovery of Bacteriophage
  • Beginnings of Molecular Biology
  • History of Immunology
  • Interferons
  • Cancer and Viruses
  • Smallpox
  • Yellow Fever
  • Influenza
  • Poliovirus and Other Picornaviruses
  • Hepatitis
  • Herpes Viruses
  • HIV and AIDS
  • Phage Therapy and the Future
  • Viral Oncolysis or Virotherapy
  • Gene Therapy and Viral Vectors
  • Vaccine Against Virus Infections
  • Emerging Viruses
  • Manufacturing Viruses
  • Viruses as Biological Weapons.

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