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Viruses, plagues, and history

Author: Michael B A Oldstone
Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1998
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Michael B A Oldstone
ISBN: 0195134222 9780195134223
OCLC Number: 44100932
Description: xi, 227 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Contents: ch. 1. General introduction --
ch. 2. Introduction to the principles of virology --
ch. 3. Introduction to the principles of immunology --
ch. 4. Smallpox --
ch. 5. Yellow fever --
ch. 6. Measles virus --
ch. 7. Poliomyelitis --
ch. 8. Overview of newly emerging viral plagues: the hemorrhagic fevers --
ch. 9. Lassa fever --
ch. 10. Ebola --
ch. 11. Hantavirus --
ch. 12. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection: "AIDS, the current plague" --
ch. 13. Mad cow disease and Englishmen: spongiform encephalopathies: virus or prion disease --
ch. 14. Influenza virus, the plague that may return --
ch. 15. Conclusions and future predictions.
Responsibility: Michael B.A. Oldstone.

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