A planet of viruses / Carl Zimmer.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2011.Description: x, 109 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780226983356 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0226983358 (cloth : alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QR 360 .Z65 2011
Contents:
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.
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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.

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