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Record Nr.

UNINA9910554845703321

Autore

Booss John

Titolo

To catch a virus / / John Booss, and Marilyn J. August

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC : , : ASM Press, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

1-68367-352-2

1-68367-109-0

1-55581-858-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (394 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

AugustMarilyn J

Disciplina

616.9

616.9101

Soggetti

Virology - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Fear or terror on every countenance : yellow fever -- Of mice and men : animal models of virus infection -- Filling the churchyard with corpses : smallpox and the immune response -- What can be seen : from viral inclusion bodies to electron microscopy -- The turning point : cytopathic effect in tissue culture -- A torrent of viral isolates : the early years of diagnostic virology -- Imaging viruses and tagging their antigens -- Immunological memory : ingenuity and serendipity -- To the barricades : the molecular revolution.

Sommario/riassunto

Expert storytellers weave together the science, technological advances, medical urgencies, and human stories that chronicle the development of the field of diagnostic virology.