Viruses, Plagues, and History: Past, Present and Future: Past, Present and Future (Revised, Updated) - Softcover

Oldstone M.D., Michael B. A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0195327314 ISBN 13: 9780195327311

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2009

Synopsis

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Review:

"Readable books about viruses by experts are not plentiful enough, and the point of this essay is to recommend a recent arrival by the American virologist Michael Oldstone. In 17 chapters, the author gives the non-specialist reader a complete account of viruses and virus-caused plagues such as smallpox, yellow fever, measles, polio, hemorrhagic fever, Lassa fever, ebola, hantavirus, SARS, West Nile Virus, mad cow disease, and influenza...Read this book (available now)--it's a treat." --Dan Agin, Huffington Post

"...marvelously clear to lay readers, yet detailed enough to please and fascinate the professional."--Doody's

About the Author:

Michael B. A. Oldstone is Professor and Head of the Viral-Immunobiology Laboratory at The Scripps Research Institute. A leader in the field, he has been the recipient of numerous awards and honors and has served or serves on several national and international committees charged with understanding, treating and eliminating viral diseases. He was a consultant to the World Health Organization for the eradication of poliomyelitis and measles, and was a member of the SAGE Executive Board. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0195327314
• ISBN 13: 9780195327311
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 383