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- ISBN
- 9780195327311
- Publication Name
- Viruses, Plagues, and History : Past, Present and Future
- Item Length
- 8.1in
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, Incorporated
- Publication Year
- 2009
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1in
- Features
- Revised
- Item Width
- 5.5in
- Item Weight
- 15.8 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 384 Pages
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The story of viruses and humanity is a story of fear and ignorance, of grief and heartbreak, and of great bravery and sacrifice. Michael Oldstone tells all these stories as he illuminates the history of the devastating diseases that have tormented humanity, focusing mostly on the most famous viruses. Oldstone begins with smallpox, polio, and measles. Nearly 300 million people were killed by smallpox in this century alone and the author presents a vivid account of the long campaign to eradicate this lethal killer. Oldstone then describes the fascinating viruses that have captured headlines in more recent years: Ebola, Hantavirus, mad cow disease (a frightening illness made worse by government mishandling and secrecy), and, of course, AIDS. And he tells us of the many scientists watching and waiting even now for the next great plague, monitoring influenza strains to see whether the deadly variant from 1918--a viral strain that killed over 20 million people in 1918-1919--will make a comeback. For this revised edition, Oldstone includes discussions of new viruses like SARS, bird flu, virally caused cancers, chronic wasting disease, and West Nile, and fully updates the original text with new findings on particular viruses. Viruses, Plagues, and History paints a sweeping portrait of humanity's long-standing conflict with our unseen viral enemies. Oldstone's book is a vivid history of a fascinating field, and a highly reliable dispatch from an eminent researcher on the front line of this ongoing campaign.
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Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0195327314
ISBN-13
9780195327311
eBay Product ID (ePID)
72644726
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Viruses, Plagues, and History : Past, Present and Future
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Features
Revised
Publication Year
2009
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
384 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.1in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
15.8 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Rc114.5.O37 2010
Edition Description
Revised Edition
Reviews
"Readable books about viruses by experts are not plentiful enough, and the point of this essay is to recommend a recent arrival by the American virologist Michael Oldstone. In 17 chapters, the author gives the non-specialist reader a complete account of viruses and virus-caused plagues such as smallpox, yellow fever, measles, polio, hemorrhagic fever, Lassa fever, ebola, hantavirus, SARS, West Nile Virus, mad cow disease, and influenza...Read this book (available now)--it's a treat." --Dan Agin, Huffington Post, "Readable books about viruses by experts are not plentiful enough, and the point of this essay is to recommend a recent arrival by the American virologist Michael Oldstone. In 17 chapters, the author gives the non-specialist reader a complete account of viruses and virus-caused plagues such as smallpox, yellow fever, measles, polio, hemorrhagic fever, Lassa fever, ebola, hantavirus, SARS, West Nile Virus, mad cow disease, and influenza...Read this book (available now)--it's a treat." --Dan Agin,Huffington Post "...marvelously clear to lay readers, yet detailed enough to please and fascinate the professional."--Doody's, "Readable books about viruses by experts are not plentiful enough, and the point of this essay is to recommend a recent arrival by the American virologist Michael Oldstone. In 17 chapters, the author gives the non-specialist reader a complete account of viruses and virus-caused plagues such as smallpox, yellow fever, measles, polio, hemorrhagic fever, Lassa fever, ebola, hantavirus, SARS, West Nile Virus, mad cow disease, and influenza...Read this book (available now)--it's a treat." --Dan Agin, Huffington Post "...marvelously clear to lay readers, yet detailed enough to please and fascinate the professional."--Doody's, "Readable books about viruses by experts are not plentiful enough, and the point of this essay is to recommend a recent arrival by the American virologist Michael Oldstone. In 17 chapters, the author gives the non-specialist reader a complete account of viruses and virus-caused plagues such as smallpox, yellow fever, measles, polio, hemorrhagic fever, Lassa fever, ebola, hantavirus, SARS, West Nile Virus, mad cow disease, and influenza...Read this book(available now)--it's a treat." --Dan Agin, Huffington Post"...marvelously clear to lay readers, yet detailed enough to please and fascinate the professional."--Doody's, "From his account of how smallpox devastated native Indian populations, facilitating the Spanish conquest of Mexico and Peru, to his discussion of the effect of measles on Civil War troops, [Oldstone] makes a solid caseEL [His] book is sprinkled with good anecdotes." --The New York Times Book Review, "Readable books about viruses by experts are not plentiful enough, and the point of this essay is to recommend a recent arrival by the American virologist Michael Oldstone. In 17 chapters, the author gives the non-specialist reader a complete account of viruses and virus-caused plagues such as smallpox, yellow fever, measles, polio, hemorrhagic fever, Lassa fever, ebola, hantavirus, SARS, West Nile Virus, mad cow disease, and influenza...Read this book (available now)--it's a treat." --Dan Agin, Huffington Post "...marvelously clear to lay readers, yet detailed enough to please and fascinate the professional."-- Doody's, "Concise, telling accounts of the most dreaded viral epidemic diseases and of the virologists who pioneered their identification, pathogenesis, and prevention through vaccination." --Science
Table of Content
Part One: Viruses, Plagues, and History1. A General Introduction2. Introduction to the Principles of Virology3. Introduction to the Principles of ImmunologyPart Two: Success Stories4. Smallpox5. Yellow Fever6. Measles Virus7. PoliomyelitisPart Three: Present and Future Challenges8. An Overview of Newly Emerging Viral Plagues: The Hemorrhagic Fevers9. Lassa Fever10. Ebola11. Hantavirus12. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS): The First Pandemic of the 21st Century13. West Nile Virus: Deaths of Crows and Humans14. Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV): AIDS, the Current Plague15. Mad Cow Disease and Englishmen: Spongiform Encephalopathies--Prion or Virus Disease?16. Influenza Virus, the Plague that May Return17. Conclusions and Future PredictionsCaptionsReferencesIndex
Copyright Date
2010
Topic
General, Infectious Diseases
Lccn
2009-003550
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Medical, History
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