Keywords:
Virus diseases - Transmission.
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Electronic books.
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction: Virus Basics and the Concept of Viral FitnessJaap Goudsmit1. As Natural As Breathing: The Flu Virus2. Farming and Feeding the Hungry: Plant Viruses and Human Enteroviruses3. Raising Cattle and Eating Meat: Rinderpest, Measles, and Mad Cow Disease4. Slaking Our Thirst: The Cholera Bacteria and Its Toxic Viruses5. Weathering Storms and Droughts: West Nile Virus and Others6. Getting Lucky With a Faulty Gene: Escape from Simple Retroviruses7 Taking Chances With Sex: The Herpes and Papova Viruses.8. Risking Death with Sex: The AIDS Virus9. Warring Against Humans and Other Animals:Smallpox, Monkeypox, and Others10. Raiding the Wild For Delicacies: The SARS VirusEpilogueGlossaryBibliographyIndex.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (204 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780198029922
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=3051968
DDC:
614.5/8
Language:
English
Note:
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction: Virus Basics and the Concept of Viral Fitness -- 1 As Natural As Breathing: The Flu Virus -- 2 Farming and Feeding the Hungry: Plant Viruses and Human Enteroviruses -- 3 Raising Cattle and Eating Meat: Rinderpest, Measles, and Mad Cow Disease -- 4 Slaking Our Thirst: The Cholera Bacteria and Its Toxic Viruses -- 5 Weathering Storms and Droughts: West Nile Virus and Others -- 6 Getting Lucky With a Faulty Gene: Escape from Simple Retroviruses -- 7 Taking Chances With Sex: The Herpes and Papova Viruses -- 8 Risking Death with Sex: The AIDS Virus -- 9 Warring Against Humans and Other Animals: Smallpox, Monkeypox, and Others -- 10 Raiding the Wild For Delicacies: The SARS Virus -- Epilogue -- Glossary -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- X -- Z -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X.
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