Title:
How pathogenic viruses think : making sense of virology / Lauren Sompayrac.
Author:
Sompayrac, Lauren.
Sompayrac, Lauren. How pathogentic viruses work.
Publication Information:
Burlington, Mass. : Jones & Bartlett Learning, ©2013.
Call Number:
QR482 .S65 2013
Edition:
2nd ed.
ISBN:
9781449645793
Physical Description:
xiii, 167 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
General Note:
Revised edition of: How pathogenic viruses work / Lauren Sompayrac. c2002.
Includes index.
Contents:
The organizing principle -- Host defenses -- The interferon defense system -- Influenza : a bait-and-switch virus -- Rhinovirus : a virus that surrenders -- Measles : a Trojan Horse virus -- Rotavirus : an undercover virus -- Adenovirus : a virus with a time limit -- Hepatitis A : a virus that detours -- Hepatitis B : a decoy virus -- Hepatitis C virus : an escape artist -- HTLV-I : a tribal virus -- HIV-1 : an urban virus -- Herpes simplex : a virus that hides -- Human papillomavirus : a very quiet virus -- Emerging viruses -- Virus-associated cancer -- Vaccines -- Antiviral drugs.
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