Viral fitness : the next SARS and West Nile in the making / Jaap Goudsmit.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goudsmit, Jaap, 1951-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Viruses.

Virus diseases.

Physical Description:

xiii, 187 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2004.

Contents:

Introduction: Virus Basics and the Concept of Viral Fitness 3

1 As Natural As Breathing: The Flu Virus 13

2 Farming and Feeding the Hungry: Plant Viruses and Human Enteroviruses 26

3 Raising Cattle and Eating Meat: Rinderpest, Measles, and Mad Cow Disease 41

4 Slaking Our Thirst: The Cholera Bacteria and Its Toxic Viruses 56

5 Weathering Storms and Droughts: West Nile Virus and Others 67

6 Getting Lucky With a Faulty Gene: Escape from Simple Retroviruses 79

7 Taking Chances With Sex: The Herpes and Papova Viruses 93

8 Risking Death with Sex: The AIDS Virus 108

9 Warring Against Humans and Other Animals: Smallpox, Monkeypox, and Others 125

10 Raiding the Wild For Delicacies: The SARS Virus 140.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-184) and index.

ISBN:

0195130340

OCLC:

53138849