The invisible invaders : the story of the emerging age of viruses / Peter Radetsky.
Material type: TextPublication details: Boston : Little, Brown, c1991.Edition: 1st edDescription: xiii, 415 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:- 0316732168 :
- 616/.0194 20
- QR359 .R33 1991
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 405-406) and index.
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WAR, NEWBERY,
Introduction: the invisible invaders -- I. Beginnings: The world of humors -- It began with a milkmaid -- Chance favors the prepared mind -- Obscure if not positively unnatural -- The virus that eats bacteria -- II. The science of virology: A glimpse of the eternal miracle -- Catching lightning in a test tube -- The children's disease -- III. The state of the art: The star wars within us -- The yuppie plague, the kissing disease, and a link to cancer -- Nothing to sneeze at -- The quick-change artist -- The virus that turns you yellow -- The virus that works backwards -- IV. The promise of viruses: Gods in the laboratory -- Co-travelers through time.