Zimmer, Carl,  1966- <br/><br/>
A planet of viruses / 
Carl Zimmer. 
 - Chicago :  University of Chicago Press,  2011. 
 - x, 109 p. :  ill. (chiefly col.) ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 97-101) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780226983356 (cloth : alk. paper) 0226983358 (cloth : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2010036742 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>101560294  DNLM 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Viruses.<br/>Viruses.<br/>Virus diseases--virology.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QR 360  / .Z65 2011