Bibliograph

A planet of viruses, Carl Zimmer

Type

Label

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

Oclc number

660161984

Responsibility statement

Carl Zimmer

Summary

Viruses are the smallest living things known to science, and yet they hold the entire planet in their sway

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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