Viruses, Plagues, And History Rev Upd

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Viruses, Plagues, and History: Past, Present and Future

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Specifications

• Viruses, Plagues, and History : Past, Present, and Future available on December 01 2023 from BiggerBooks for 16.88
  
• Viruses, Plagues, and History: Past, Present and Future available on July 28 2018 from Amazon for 9.35
  
• Viruses, Plagues, And History Rev Upd available on April 29 2017 from Newegg for itemprop="offers" target="_external" title="" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Offer">23.98
  
• Viruses, Plagues, And History Rev Upd available on March 31 2017 from NeweggBusiness for itemprop="offers" target="_external" title="" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Offer">23.98
  
• ISBN bar code 9780195327311 ξ1 registered December 01 2023
  
• ISBN bar code 9780195327311 ξ2 registered June 10 2017
  
• ISBN bar code 9780195327311 ξ3 registered April 29 2017
  
• ISBN bar code 9780195327311 ξ4 registered March 31 2017
  
• Product category is Viruses, Plagues, and History : Past, Present, and Future, 9780195327311, Book, Textbook Book
• Manufacturered by Oxford University Press
  

• Sku # 9780195327311N
  
• Sku # 9SIA9UT3ZW2121
  
• Sku # 9SIV0UN4FE6037
  

• Product weight is 1.27 lbs.
  

Oxford University Press USA The story of viruses and humanity is a story of fear and ignorance, of grief and heartbreak, and of great bravery and sacrifice. Michael Oldstone tells all these stories as he illuminates the history of the devastating diseases that have tormented humanity, focusing mostly on the most famous viruses. Oldstone begins with smallpox, polio, and measles. Nearly 300 million people were killed by smallpox in this century alone and the author presents a vivid account of the long campaign to eradicate this lethal killer. Oldstone then describes the fascinating viruses that have captured headlines in more recent years: Ebola, Hantavirus, mad cow disease (a frightening illness made worse by government mishandling and secrecy), and, of course, AIDS. And he tells us of the many scientists watching and waiting even now for the next great plague, monitoring influenza strains to see whether the deadly variant from 1918--a viral strain that killed over 20 million people in 1918-1919--will make a comeback. For this revised edition, Oldstone includes discussions of new viruses like SARS, bird flu, virally caused cancers, chronic wasting disease, and West Nile, and fully updates the original text with new findings on particular viruses. Viruses, Plagues, and History paints a sweeping portrait of humanity's long-standing conflict with our unseen viral enemies. Oldstone's book is a vivid history of a fascinating field, and a highly reliable dispatch from an eminent researcher on the front line of this ongoing campaign.

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References

^ Oldstone, Michael B. A. (2014). Viruses, Plagues, and History : Past, Present, and Future, Oxford University Press, USA. BiggerBooks. ISBN 9780195327311 (revised Dec 2023)
^ Michael B. A. Oldstone (2009). Viruses, Plagues, and History: Past, Present and Future, Oxford University Press. Amazon. ISBN 9780195327311 (revised Jul 2018)
^ Viruses, Plagues, And History Rev Upd, Oxford Univ Pr. Newegg. ISBN 9780195327311 (revised Apr 2017)
^ Viruses, Plagues, And History Rev Upd, Oxford Univ Pr. NeweggBusiness. ISBN 9780195327311 (revised Mar 2017)