A planet of viruses /
Zimmer, Carl, 1966-
A planet of viruses / Carl Zimmer. - Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, c2011. - x, 109 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 97-101) and index.
"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.
9780226983356 (cloth : alk. paper) 0226983358 (cloth : alk. paper)
2010036742
Viruses.
QR360 / .Z65 2011
362.196/9
A planet of viruses / Carl Zimmer. - Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, c2011. - x, 109 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 97-101) and index.
"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.
9780226983356 (cloth : alk. paper) 0226983358 (cloth : alk. paper)
2010036742
Viruses.
QR360 / .Z65 2011
362.196/9