A planet of viruses / Carl Zimmer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zimmer, Carl, 1966-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Viruses.

Virus Diseases--virology.

Medical Subjects:

Viruses.

Virus Diseases--virology.

Physical Description:

x, 109 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2011.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 97-101) and index.

ISBN:

9780226983356

0226983358

OCLC:

660161984