Virusphere : from common colds to ebola epidemics /: from common colds to ebola epidemics. ([2019])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Frank Ryan.
• Authors: Ryan, Frank, 1944-
• Contents: Introduction -- 1. What Are Viruses? -- 2. Coughs and Sneezes Spread Diseases -- 3. A Plague Upon a Plague -- 4. Every Parent's Nightmare -- 5. A Bug Versus a Virus -- 6. A Coincidental Paralysis -- 7. Deadly Viruses -- 8. An All-American Plague -- 9. Lurker Viruses -- 10. How Flu Viruses Reinvent Themselves -- 11. A Lesson from a Machiavellian Virus -- 12. The Mystery of Ebola -- 13. The Mercurial Nature of the Zika Virus -- 14. A Taste for the Liver -- 15. Warts and All -- 16. Lilliputian Giants -- 17. Are Viruses Alive? -- 18. Inspiring Terror -- and Delight -- 19. The Ecology of the Oceans -- 20. The Virosphere -- 21. The Origins of the Placental Mammals -- 22. Viruses in the Origins of Life -- 23. The Fourth Domain? -- Bibliography and References -- Index.
• Publisher Details: Guilford, Connecticut : Prometheus
• Publication Date: 2019
• Copyright Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (278 pages)
• Subjects: 616.9/1; Medical: Infectious Diseases; Science: Life Sciences / Biology / Microbiology; Virus diseases; Viruses; Viruses -- Popular works; Virus diseases -- Popular works; Viruses; Popular works; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781633886056; 1633886050
• Related ISBNs: 0008296707; 9780008296704
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed December 22, 2020).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.