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Viruses, plagues, and history : past, present, and future / Michael B.A. Oldstone. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010. ISBN:  9780195327311 (pbk.) Description:  xvi, 383 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm. Edition:  Rev. and updated ed. Contents:  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.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 616.91 O44v Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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