Viruses, plagues, and history
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Michael B A Oldstone
- ناشر : New York : Oxford University Press
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 1998
- شابک / ISBN : 9780195117233
Description
PART ONE VIRUSES, PLAGUES, AND HISTORY CHAPTER i A General Introduction 3 CHAPTER 2 Introduction to the Principles of Virology 8 CHAPTER 3 Introduction to the Principles of Immunology 16 PART Two SUCCESS STORIES CHAPTER 4 Smallpox 27 CHAPTER 5 Yellow Fever 45 CHAPTER 6 Measles Virus 73 CHAPTER 7 Poliomyelitis 90 PART THREE PRESENT AND FUTURE CHALLENGES CHAPTER 8 An Overview of Newly Emerging Viral Plagues: The Hemorrhagic Fevers 117 CHAPTER 9 Lassa Fever 125 CHAPTER 1O Ebola 130 CHAPTER 1 l Hantavirus 136 CHAPTER 12 Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection— "AIDS, the Current Plague" 140 CHAPTER 13 Mad Cow Disease and Englishmen: Spongiform Encephalopathies—Virus or Prion Disease? 158 CHAPTER 14 Influenza Virus, the Plague That May Return 172 CHAPTER is Conclusions and Future Predictions 187 Afternotes 193 Works Cited 207 Index 223
