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20th century microbe hunters / Robert I. Krasner.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Krasner, Robert I.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Microbiologists--Biography.
Microbiologists.
Microbiology--History--20th century.
Microbiology.
History.
Bacterial Infections--history.
History, 20th Century.
Parasitic Diseases--history.
Virus Diseases--history.
Medical Subjects:
Microbiology.
Bacterial Infections--history.
History, 20th Century.
Parasitic Diseases--history.
Virus Diseases--history.
Genre:
Biographies.
Physical Description:
xv, 199 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Other Title:
Twentieth century microbe hunters
Place of Publication:
Sudbury, MA : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, [2008]
Contents:
Carlos Chagas (1879-1934): Chagas disease
a kiss of death
Alexander Fleming (1881-1955): the mold that changed the world
Charles Nicolle (1866-1936): the cause and transmission of epidemic typhus fever
Richard E. Shope (1901-1966): discovery of the influenza virus
Jonas Salk (1914-1995): development of the first polio vaccine
Donald A. Henderson (b. 1928): eradication of smallpox
D. Carlton Gajdusek (b. 1923) and Stanley Prusiner (b. 1942): prions
all but the moo
Robert C. Gallo (b. 1937) and Luc Montagnier (b. 1932): Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
a 20th century ongoing plague
Barry Marshall (b. 1951) and J. Robin Warren (b. 1937): ulcers
a bacterial infection
Donald R. Hopkins (b. 1941): eradication of Guinea worm disease.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9780763742010
0763742015
OCLC:
136316476

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