Viruses, plagues, and history [[electronic resource] /] / Michael B.A. Oldstone
| Viruses, plagues, and history [[electronic resource] /] / Michael B.A. Oldstone |
| Autore | Oldstone Michael B. A |
| Edizione | [Rev. and updated ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (383 p.) |
| Disciplina | 614.57 |
| Soggetto topico |
Virus diseases - History
Medicine - History |
| ISBN |
9780198027751
9780199754847 1-282-40293-5 1-280-83418-8 9786612402937 0-19-532731-4 9780195327311 0-19-535074-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Viruses, plagues, and history. A general introduction. Introduction to the principles of virology. Introduction to the principles of immunology -- Success stories. Smallpox. Yellow fever. Measles virus. Poliomyelitis -- Present and future challenges. An overview of newly emerging viral plagues : the hemorrhagic fevers. Lassa fever. Ebola. Hantavirus. Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) : the first pandemic of the twenty-first century. West Nile virus : deaths of crows and humans. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) : AIDS, the current plague. Mad cow disease and Englishmen : spongiform encephalopathies-Prion disease. Influenza virus, the plague that may return. Conclusions and future predictions. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784841203321 |
Oldstone Michael B. A
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| Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2010 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Viruses, plagues, and history [[electronic resource] /] / Michael B.A. Oldstone
| Viruses, plagues, and history [[electronic resource] /] / Michael B.A. Oldstone |
| Autore | Oldstone Michael B. A |
| Edizione | [Rev. and updated ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 1998 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (240 p.) |
| Disciplina | 614.57 |
| Soggetto topico |
Virus diseases - History
Medicine - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-40293-5
1-280-83418-8 9786612402937 0-19-802775-3 0-19-532731-4 0-19-975484-5 9786610834181 0-19-535074-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Viruses, plagues, and history. A general introduction. Introduction to the principles of virology. Introduction to the principles of immunology -- Success stories. Smallpox. Yellow fever. Measles virus. Poliomyelitis -- Present and future challenges. An overview of newly emerging viral plagues : the hemorrhagic fevers. Lassa fever. Ebola. Hantavirus. Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) : the first pandemic of the twenty-first century. West Nile virus : deaths of crows and humans. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) : AIDS, the current plague. Mad cow disease and Englishmen : spongiform encephalopathies-Prion disease. Influenza virus, the plague that may return. Conclusions and future predictions. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910451426903321 |
Oldstone Michael B. A
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| Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 1998 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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