Zimmer, Carl,  1966- <br/><br/>
A planet of viruses / 
Carl Zimmer. 
 - Chicago ;  London :  University of Chicago Press,  c2011. 
 - x, 109 p. :  col. ill. ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 97-101) and index. 
<br/><br/>"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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780226983356 (cloth : alk. paper) 0226983358 (cloth : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2010036742 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Viruses.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QR360  / .Z65 2011 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>362.196/9