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Living with germs : in health and disease /
The vast majority of germs do not infect us at all - it is pathogens that make us ill. Renowned expert John Playfair vividly describes these pathogens and the defence mechanisms by which we come to terms with them - whether by eliminating them, stopping them from eliminating us, or by simply learnin...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2007.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The vast majority of germs do not infect us at all - it is pathogens that make us ill. Renowned expert John Playfair vividly describes these pathogens and the defence mechanisms by which we come to terms with them - whether by eliminating them, stopping them from eliminating us, or by simply learning to live with them. - ;The word germ is defined as 'a microbe that causes disease'. The vast majority of microbes do not infect us at all: it is pathogens that make us ill. These include bacteria, viruses, protozoa, fungi, worms, and prions. Living with Germs not only looks at all of these in detai. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (283 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191517273 0191517275 9781435617827 1435617827 9786611146856 6611146857 1281146854 9781281146854 |