Virus X
Understanding the Real Threat of New Pandemic Plagues
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1996
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-00-255600-2 (ISBN)
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-00-255600-2 (ISBN)
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This is an account of how diseases are migrating and developing around the world, and are becoming increasingly hard to track and identify, yet alone cure. It covers mystery killer viruses such as Ebola, as well as the diseases that have threatened mankind from the Black Death to AIDS.
Viruses are the most basic form of life, manknd is the most subtle and complex, yet viruses are challenging man to defeat their ability to develop, diversify, and destroy. This book attempts to understand the new plagues and how we are countering and containing them, from AIDS to such new plagues as "hantavirus" in the US and the "flesh-eating bug" in Britain. The new plagues raise questions about our deep-seated fears, about our greed and exploitation of the delicate ecology of our planet. Why do plagues appear? Could AIDS or something like it have been predicted? Are we now at risk from even more dangerous epidemics? What can we do about it?
Viruses are the most basic form of life, manknd is the most subtle and complex, yet viruses are challenging man to defeat their ability to develop, diversify, and destroy. This book attempts to understand the new plagues and how we are countering and containing them, from AIDS to such new plagues as "hantavirus" in the US and the "flesh-eating bug" in Britain. The new plagues raise questions about our deep-seated fears, about our greed and exploitation of the delicate ecology of our planet. Why do plagues appear? Could AIDS or something like it have been predicted? Are we now at risk from even more dangerous epidemics? What can we do about it?
Originally qualified as a doctor, Frank Ryan is now one of the pioneers of the role of viruses in evolution. He was recently made Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Animal and Plant Sciences at the University of Sheffiled, with the express purpose of developing his evolutionary concepts and helping to translate evolutionary science into medicine. He is the author of four general books, including a New York Times NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR (Tuberculosis).
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 21.11.1996 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 159 x 240 mm |
| Gewicht | 780 g |
| Themenwelt | Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Epidemiologie / Med. Biometrie |
| ISBN-10 | 0-00-255600-6 / 0002556006 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-00-255600-2 / 9780002556002 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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