Viruses, pandemics, and immunity /
Chakraborty, Arup,
Viruses, pandemics, and immunity / Arup K. Chakraborty and Andrey S. Shaw ; illustrated by Philip J.S. Stork. - xi, 206 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm - MIT Press first reads . - MIT Press first reads. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Conquering a pandemic that raged from antiquity to the eighteenth century -- Discovery of infectious disease-causing microbes and the dawn of the modern era of vaccines -- Viruses and the emergence of pandemics -- Immunity -- Spread and mitigation of pandemics -- Antiviral therapies -- Vaccines.
"Informed and accessible overview of viruses and pandemics, how our immune system combats them, and how diagnostic tests, vaccines, and antiviral therapies work to form the foundation of public health."--
9780262542388 0262542382
2020033971
GBC134234 bnb
020121728 Uk
Epidemics.
Epidemics--Prevention.
Immunity.
Vaccines.
Viruses, pandemics, and immunity / Arup K. Chakraborty and Andrey S. Shaw ; illustrated by Philip J.S. Stork. - xi, 206 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm - MIT Press first reads . - MIT Press first reads. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Conquering a pandemic that raged from antiquity to the eighteenth century -- Discovery of infectious disease-causing microbes and the dawn of the modern era of vaccines -- Viruses and the emergence of pandemics -- Immunity -- Spread and mitigation of pandemics -- Antiviral therapies -- Vaccines.
"Informed and accessible overview of viruses and pandemics, how our immune system combats them, and how diagnostic tests, vaccines, and antiviral therapies work to form the foundation of public health."--
9780262542388 0262542382
2020033971
GBC134234 bnb
020121728 Uk
Epidemics.
Epidemics--Prevention.
Immunity.
Vaccines.