Viruses, plagues, and history : past, present, and future / Michael B.A. Oldstone.
Publication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.Edition: Rev. and updated edDescription: xvi, 383 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cmISBN:- 9780195327311 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 0195327314 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 616.9 23
- RC114.5 .O37 2010
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-369) and index.
Viruses, plagues, and history. A general introduction. Introduction to the principles of virology. Introduction to the principles of immunology -- Success stories. Smallpox. Yellow fever. Measles virus. Poliomyelitis -- Present and future challenges. An overview of newly emerging viral plagues : the hemorrhagic fevers. Lassa fever. Ebola. Hantavirus. Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) : the first pandemic of the twenty-first century. West Nile virus : deaths of crows and humans. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) : AIDS, the current plague. Mad cow disease and Englishmen : spongiform encephalopathies-Prion disease. Influenza virus, the plague that may return. Conclusions and future predictions.