Viruses, Plagues, and History: Past, Present, and Future

In Viruses, Plagues, and History, virologist Michael Oldstone explains the scientific principles of viruses and epidemics while relating the past and present history of the major and recurring viral threats to human health, and how they have influenced human events

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1. Verfasser: Oldstone, Michael B. A. 1932-2023 (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford Oxford University Press USA - OSO 2020
Ausgabe:2nd ed
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Zusammenfassung:In Viruses, Plagues, and History, virologist Michael Oldstone explains the scientific principles of viruses and epidemics while relating the past and present history of the major and recurring viral threats to human health, and how they have influenced human events
Beschreibung:Cover -- Viruses, Plagues, and History -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Part One: Viruses, Plagues, and History -- 1 A General Introduction -- 2 Introduction to the Principles of Virology -- 3 Introduction to the Principles of Immunology -- Part Two: Success Stories -- 4 Smallpox: The Geopolitical Impact of Smallpox -- 5 Yellow Fever -- 6 Measles Virus -- 7 Poliomyelitis -- 8 Hepatitis Viruses: Oysters, Blood Transfusions, and Cancer -- Part Three: Present and Future Challenges -- 9 An Overview of Newly Emerging Viral Plagues: The Hemorrhagic Fevers and a Newly Mysterious Suspect of Viral Disease, Acute Flaccid Paralysis -- 10 Lassa Fever -- 11 Ebola -- 12 Hantavirus -- 13 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, the First Pandemic of the Twenty-First Century -- Middle East Respiratory Syndrome -- and the 2019-2020 Outbreak of 2019-nCoV -- 14 West Nile Virus: Deaths of Crows and Humans -- 15 Zika Comes to the Western Hemisphere and Americas: How, When, Consequences -- 16 Human Immunodeficiency Virus: AIDS, the Current Plague -- 17 Mad Cow Disease and Englishmen: Dementia of Humans-Prions: Folding Protein Transmissible Diseases -- 18 Influenza Virus, the Plague That Will Continue -- 19 Apathy and Ignorance: False Prophets of Autism and the Anti-Vaccine Movement -- 20 Conclusions and Future Predictions -- References -- Index
Beschreibung:1 online resource (513 pages)
ISBN:9780190056797

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