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Viruses, pandemics, and immunity / Arup K. Chakraborty, Andrey Shaw ; illustrated by Philip J. S. Stork.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chakraborty, Arup, author.
- Shaw, Andrey S., author.
- Series:
- MIT Press first reads
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Epidemics--Prevention.
- Epidemics.
- Viruses--Therapeutic use.
- Viruses.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (219 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : MIT Press, [2020]
- Summary:
- "Informed and accessible overview of viruses and pandemics, how our immune system combats them, and how diagnostic tests, vaccines, and antiviral therapies work to form the foundation of public health"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Conquering a pandemic that raged from antiquity to the 18th century
- Discovery of infectious disease-causing microbes and the dawn of the modern era of vaccines
- Viruses and the emergence of pandemics
- Immunity
- Spread and mitigation of pandemics
- Antiviral therapies
- Vaccines.
- Notes:
- OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-262-36346-1
- 0-262-36345-3
- OCLC:
- 1202266580
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