Viruses : the invisible enemy /
Humans have long faced an invisible enemy in the form of deadly viruses, and the COVID-19 pandemic shows what devastation they can wreak. As we face the prospect of more such viruses emerging, this edition of Dorothy Crawford's work explains the nature of viruses, how they cause disease, and ho...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
2021.
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
| Series: | Oxford landmark science.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Humans have long faced an invisible enemy in the form of deadly viruses, and the COVID-19 pandemic shows what devastation they can wreak. As we face the prospect of more such viruses emerging, this edition of Dorothy Crawford's work explains the nature of viruses, how they cause disease, and how modern science is learning to counter them. |
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| Item Description: | Originally published under the title: The invisible enemy : a natural history of viruses, 2002. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource : illustrations, maps. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191937330 0191937339 9780192659514 0192659510 9780192659521 0192659529 |