Book
A planet of viruses / Carl Zimmer.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780226983356
- ISBN: 0226983358
- ISBN: 0226983366 (pb)
- Physical Description: x, 109 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
- Publisher: Chicago ; University of Chicago Press, 2011.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | "A contagious living fluid": tobacco mosaic virus -- Old companions -- The uncommon cold: rhinovirus -- Looking down from the stars: influenza virus -- Rabbits with horns: papillomavirus -- Everywhere, in all things -- The enemy of our enemy: bacteriophages -- Oceans of viruses: marine phages -- The infected genome: endogenous retroviruses -- The viral future -- The young scourge: human immunodeficiency virus -- Becoming an American: West Nile virus -- Predicting the next plague: severe acute respiratory syndrome -- The long goodbye: smallpox -- The alien in the watercooler: mimivirus. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Viruses. Diseases. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Cambria County Library | 362.19 Z722p (Text) | 85131001279216 | CACM Non-Fiction | Available | - |
