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Viruses, plagues, and history /
The story of viruses and the story of humanity have been intertwined since the dawn of history. The first small cities formed not only the cradle of civilization, but the spawning ground for the earliest viral epidemics, the first opportunity for viruses to find a home in the human herd. This is a s...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
2000.
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| Edición: | 1st pbk. ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Viruses, plagues, and history / |c Michael B.A. Oldstone. |
| 250 | |a 1st pbk. ed. | ||
| 260 | |a New York : |b Oxford University Press, |c 2000. | ||
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| 505 | 0 | |a Part one: Viruses, plagues, and history. A general introduction -- Introduction to the principles of virology -- Introduction to the principles of immunology -- Part two: Success stories -- Smallpox -- Yellow fever -- Measles virus -- Poliomyelitis -- Part three: Present and future challenges -- An overview of newly emerging viral plagues: the hemorrhagic fevers -- Lassa fever -- Ebola -- Hantavirus -- Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection: "aids, the current plague" -- Mad cow disease and englishmen: spongiform encephalopathies -- virus or prion disease? -- Influenza virus, the plague that may return -- Conclusions and future predictions. | |
| 520 | |a The story of viruses and the story of humanity have been intertwined since the dawn of history. The first small cities formed not only the cradle of civilization, but the spawning ground for the earliest viral epidemics, the first opportunity for viruses to find a home in the human herd. This is a story of fear and ignorance, as everything from demons and the wrath of the gods to minority groups have been blamed for epidemics from smallpox to yellow fever to AIDS. It is a story of grief and heartbreak, as hundreds of thousands, sometimes millions, are wiped out in a single year. And it is a st. | ||
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