Viral fitness : the next SARS and West Nile in the making /

Addressing viral adaption as a general phenomenon, the author examines the heart of viral emergence as human behaviour alters viral ecosystems.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Goudsmit, Jaap, 1951-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Subjects:
Viruses.
Virus diseases.
Epidemics.
Pandemics.
Virus Diseases > virology
Viruses
Virus Diseases
Viruses > pathogenicity
Disease Outbreaks
Epidemics
Pandemics
Virus.
Maladies à virus.
Pandémies.
Épidémies.
epidemics.
pandemics.
MEDICAL > Preventive Medicine.
MEDICAL > Forensic Medicine.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
Virus diseases
Virusziekten.
Betekenis.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • As natural as breathing: the flu virus
  • Farming and feeding the hungry: plant viruses and human enteroviruses
  • Raising cattle and eating meat: rinderpest, measles and mad cow virus
  • Slaking our thirst: the cholera bacteria and its toxic viruses
  • Weathering storms and droughts: West Nile virus and others alike
  • Getting lucky with a faulty gene: escape from simple retroviruses
  • Taking chances with sex: the herpes and papova viruses
  • Risking death with sex: the AIDS virus
  • Warring against humans and other animals: smallpox, monkeypox and alike
  • Raiding the wild for delicacies: the sars virus.

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