Influenza virus : the inevitable enemy / George Fu Gao, Alexander Huan Liu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gao, Fu, 1961- author.

Liu, Alexander Huan, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Influenza--History.

Influenza.

Influenza--Treatment--History.

Influenza--Treatment.

Genre:

History

Physical Description:

xxiv, 260 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific Publishing, [2024]

Summary:

This book will guide readers through the history of the flu. In ten chapters, it introduces the past and present life of the influenza virus in a light-hearted way, leading the reader to review the past from the history of the flu, the development of the flu, human immunity and health, impacts on society and the country. Through touching stories, illustrations and diagrams, it tells the great discoveries and related advances in science and technology, introduces medical knowledge related to influenza, and reviews the medical effectiveness in preventing influenza, thus displaying the ongoing battle between humans and the flu virus.Looking back at the development of science and technology, humans have relentlessly sought the prevention and control of this infectious disease, constantly guarding the path of life and health, which gradually becomes a quiet past, but only to awaken again and again.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9789811256219

9811256217

OCLC:

1368275513

Publisher Number:

99995355663