Part I: Viruses, Plagues, and History
1: A General Introduction
2: Introduction to the Principles of Virology
3: Introduction to the Principles of Immunology
Part II: Success Stories
4: Smallpox
5: Yellow Fever
6: Measles Virus
7: Poliomyelitis
Part III: Present and Future Challenges
8: An Overview of Newly Emerging Viral Plagues: The Hemorrhagic
Fevers
9: Lassa Fever
10: Ebola
11: Hantavirus
12: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS): The First Pandemic of
the 21st Century
13: West Nile Virus: Deaths of Crows and Humans
14: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV): AIDS, the Current
Plague
15: Mad Cow Disease and Englishmen: Spongiform
Encephalopathies--Prion or Virus Disease?
16: Influenza Virus, the Plague that May Return
17: Conclusions and Future Predictions
Captions
References
Index
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.
"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
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