Viruses : The Invisible Enemy / Dorothy Crawford.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Crawford, Dorothy, author.

Series:

Oxford landmark science.

Oxford landmark science

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical virology.

Viruses--Ecology.

Viruses.

Popular works.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiii, 247 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Edition:

2nd ed.

Other Title:

Viruses

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2021.

Summary:

"All around us are minute entities that can damage and kill: the millions of viruses that pervade the natural world. Our bodies harbour many that we have long tolerated, but a new one, which jumps into humans from another species, can be lethal. But what are viruses, how do they cause disease, and how can we fight them? This new edition of Viruses: The Invisible Enemy explores these questions. It describes our long history of living with viruses, considering those behind diseases such as smallpox, polio, various cancers, AIDS, Ebola, and, most recently, COVID-19, how they emerged, why we can expect new killer viruses in the future, and how we can win the battle against such an enemy"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The virosphere

The fightback

Emerging infections

Twenty-first-century pandemics

Past emerging viruses

Lifelong residents

Viruses and cancer

Turning the tables

Epilogue: What the future holds.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-265951-0

0-19-265952-9

0-19-193733-9

OCLC:

1541771735