Bibliograph

A planet of viruses, Carl Zimmer

Type

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A planet of viruses, Carl Zimmer

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A planet of viruses

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Carl Zimmer

Table Of Contents

"A contagious living fluid" : tobacco mosaic virus -- Old companions -- The uncommon cold: rhinovirus -- Looking down from the stars : influenza virus -- Rabbits with horns : papillomavirus -- Everywhere, in all things -- The enemy of our enemy : bacteriophages -- Oceans of viruses : marine phages -- The infected genome : endogenous retroviruses -- The viral future -- The young scourge : human immunodeficiency virus -- Becoming an American : West Nile virus -- Predicting the next plague : severe acute respiratory syndrome -- The long goodbye : smallpox -- The alien in the watercooler : mimivirus

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