Bibliograph

Viruses, pandemics, and immunity, Arup K. Chakraborty and Andrey S. Shaw ; illustrated by Philip J.S. Stork

Type

Label

Viruses, pandemics, and immunity, Arup K. Chakraborty and Andrey S. Shaw ; illustrated by Philip J.S. Stork

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Viruses, pandemics, and immunity

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1155689612

Responsibility statement

Arup K. Chakraborty and Andrey S. Shaw ; illustrated by Philip J.S. Stork

Series statement

MIT Press first reads

Summary

"Informed and accessible overview of viruses and pandemics, how our immune system combats them, and how diagnostic tests, vaccines, and antiviral therapies work to form the foundation of public health"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Conquering a pandemic that raged from antiquity to the eighteenth century -- Discovery of infectious disease-causing microbes and the dawn of the modern era of vaccines -- Viruses and the emergence of pandemics -- Immunity -- Spread and mitigation of pandemics -- Antiviral therapies -- Vaccines

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