From the Book - Second edition.
Part one: Viruses, plagues, and history. A general introduction
Introduction to the principles of virology
Introduction to the principles of immunology
Part two: success stories. Smallpox: the geopolitical impact of smallpox
Hepatitis viruses: oysters, blood transfusions, and cancer
Part three: present and future challenges. An overview of newly emerging viral plagues: the hemorrhagic fevers and a newly mysterious suspect of viral disease, acute flaccid paralysis
Severe acute respiratory syndrome, the first pandemic of the twenty-first century; Middle east respiratory syndrome; and the 2019-2020 outbreak of 2019-nCoV
West Nile virus: deaths of crows and humans
Zika comes to the western hemisphere and Americas: how, when, consequences
Human immunodeficiency virus: AIDS, the current plague
Mad cow disease and Englishmen: dementia of humans- prions: folding protein transmissible diseases
Influenza virus, the plague that will continue to return
Apathy and ignorance: false prophets of autism and the anti-vaccine movement
Conclusions and future predictions.
From the Book - Rev. and updated ed.
Viruses, plagues, and history. A general introduction. Introduction to the principles of virology. Introduction to the principles of immunology
Success stories. Smallpox. Yellow fever. Measles virus. Poliomyelitis
Present and future challenges. An overview of newly emerging viral plagues : the hemorrhagic fevers. Lassa fever. Ebola. Hantavirus. Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) : the first pandemic of the twenty-first century. West Nile virus : deaths of crows and humans. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) : AIDS, the current plague. Mad cow disease and Englishmen : spongiform encephalopathies-Prion disease. Influenza virus, the plague that may return. Conclusions and future predictions.
