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Infectious disease : a Scientific American reader.
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Title:Infectious disease : a Scientific American reader.
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Related Title:Scientific American.
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Published/Created:Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.
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Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
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Call Number: WC5 .I427 2008
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Number of Items:1
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Status:Available
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Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
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Library of Congress Subjects:Communicable diseases.
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Medical Subjects: Communicable Diseases--Collected Works.
Bacterial Infections--Collected Works.
Immune System--microbiology--Collected Works.
Virus Diseases--Collected Works.
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Description:326 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
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ISBN:9780226742649 (paper)
0226742644 (paper)
9780226742632 (cloth)
0226742636 (cloth)
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Contents:Evolution and the Origins of Disease / Randolph M. Nesse and George C. Williams
Viral Infections
Are Viruses Alive? / Luis P. Villarreal
New Hope for Defeating Rotavirus / Roger I. Glass
Capturing a Killer Flu Virus / Jeffery K. Taubenberger, Ann H. Reid and Thomas G. Fanning
Unmet Challenges of Hepatitis C / Adrian M. Di Bisceglie and Bruce R. Bacon
Hope in a Vial / Carol Ezzell
New Assault on HIV / Gary Stix
Cure for Rabies? / Rodney E. Willoughby, Jr.
Emerging Viruses / Bernard Le Guenno
Beyond Chicken Soup / William A. Haseltine
Infectious Disease
Bacteria behind Ulcers / Martin J. Blaser
Challenges of STDs / Philip E. Ross
Can Chlamydia Be Stopped? / David M. Ojcius, Toni Darville and Patrick M. Bavoil
Tackling Malaria / Claire Panosian Dunavan
Attacking Anthrax / John A. T. Young and R. John Collier
Prion Diseases / Stanley B. Prusiner
Detecting Mad Cow Disease / Stanley B. Prusiner
Immune System
Infectious Diseases and the Immune System / William E. Paul
Immunity's Early-Warning System / Luke A. J. O'Neill
Long Arm of the Immune System / Jacques Banchereau
Intrigue at the Immune Synapse / Daniel M. Davis
Peacekeepers of the Immune System / Zoltan Fehervari and Shimon Sakaguchi
New Predictors of Disease / Abner Louis Notkins
Taming Lupus / Moncef Zouali
Global Management and Treatment Issues
Preparing for a Pandemic / W. Wayt Gibbs and Christine Soares
If Smallpox Strikes Portland / Chris L. Barrett, Stephen G. Eubank and James P. Smith
Is Global Warming Harmful to Health? / Paul R. Epstein
Challenge of Antibiotic Resistance / Stuart B. Levy
Behind Enemy Lines / K. C. Nicolaou and Christopher N. C. Boddy
Antibiotic Resistance Fighter / Gary Stix.