Viruses : the invisible enemy / Dorothy H. Crawford.
Humans have long faced an invisible enemy in the form of deadly viruses, and the COVID-19 pandemic shows what devastation they can wreak. As we face the prospect of more such viruses emerging, this edition of Dorothy Crawford's work explains the nature of viruses, how they cause disease, and ho...
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Full Text (via Oxford Scholarship Online) |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2021.
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
| Series: | Oxford landmark science.
Oxford scholarship online. |
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| Summary: | Humans have long faced an invisible enemy in the form of deadly viruses, and the COVID-19 pandemic shows what devastation they can wreak. As we face the prospect of more such viruses emerging, this edition of Dorothy Crawford's work explains the nature of viruses, how they cause disease, and how modern science is learning to counter them. |
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| Item Description: | This edition also issued in print: 2021. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (256 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191937330 (ebook) |
| DOI: | 10.1093/oso/9780192845030.001.0001 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on October 6, 2021) |