A planet of viruses /
Zimmer, Carl, 1966-
A planet of viruses / Carl Zimmer. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2011. - x, 109 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 97-101) and index.
Introduction: "A contagious living fluid": tobacco mosaic virus -- Old companions: The uncommon cold: rhinovirus; Looking down from the stars: influenza virus; Rabbits with horns: human papillomavirus -- Everywhere, in all things: The enemy of our enemy: bacteriophages; The infected ocean: marine phages; Our inner parasites: endogenous retroviruses -- The viral future: The young scourge: human immunodeficiency virus; Becoming an American: West Nile virus; Predicting the next plague: severe acute respiratory syndrome; The long goodbye: smallpox -- Epilogue: The alien in the watercooler: mimivirus.
9780226983356 (cloth : alk. paper) 0226983358 (cloth : alk. paper)
2010036742
101560294 DNLM
Viruses.
Viruses.
Virus diseases--virology.
QR 360 / .Z65 2011
A planet of viruses / Carl Zimmer. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2011. - x, 109 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 97-101) and index.
Introduction: "A contagious living fluid": tobacco mosaic virus -- Old companions: The uncommon cold: rhinovirus; Looking down from the stars: influenza virus; Rabbits with horns: human papillomavirus -- Everywhere, in all things: The enemy of our enemy: bacteriophages; The infected ocean: marine phages; Our inner parasites: endogenous retroviruses -- The viral future: The young scourge: human immunodeficiency virus; Becoming an American: West Nile virus; Predicting the next plague: severe acute respiratory syndrome; The long goodbye: smallpox -- Epilogue: The alien in the watercooler: mimivirus.
9780226983356 (cloth : alk. paper) 0226983358 (cloth : alk. paper)
2010036742
101560294 DNLM
Viruses.
Viruses.
Virus diseases--virology.
QR 360 / .Z65 2011