Expert storytellers weave together the science, technological advances, medical urgencies, and human stories that chronicle the development of the field of diagnostic virology.
* Follows a historical discoveries that defined viruses and their roles in infectious diseases over a century of developments, epidemics, and molecular advances, and continuing into the 21st century with AIDS, HIV, and a future that in no way resembles the past.
* Features the great names and personalities of diagnostic virology, their contributions, their associations, and their challenges to prove findings that some considered fantasy.
* Describes how scientists applied revolutionary technologies, studying viruses, first in animal models and tissue culture and progressing to molecular and genetic techniques.
* Appeals to the pioneer and adventure-seeker who is interested in how a scientific field evolves.
John Booss & Marilyn J. August
To Catch a Virus [EPUB ebook]
To Catch a Virus [EPUB ebook]
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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 300 ● ISBN 9781683673521 ● File size 4.6 MB ● Publisher John Wiley & Sons ● Published 2013 ● Edition 1 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 7572102 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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