TY  - BOOK
AU  - Oldstone,Michael B.A.
TI  - Viruses, plagues, and history: past, present, and future 
SN  - 9780195327311 (pbk. : alk. paper)
AV  - RC114.5 .O37 2010
U1  - 616.9 23
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Oxford, New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  -  
KW  - Virus diseases
KW  - History
KW  - Virus Diseases
KW  - history
N1  - 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
ER  -