Viruses
The Invisible Enemy
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ISBN:
9780192845030
Publication date:
09/02/2022
Paperback
272 pages
196x129mm
Price: 495.00 INR
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ISBN:
9780192845030
Publication date:
09/02/2022
Paperback
272 pages
Second Edition Edition
Dorothy H. Crawford
Explores what viruses are, and how and why they cause disease,Analyses recent epidemics caused by viruses, from Swine Flu to SARS, Ebola, and most devastating of all, COVID-19,Considers how we can fight viruses, particularly in the wake of the 2020-21 global pandemic,Discusses the ways our exploitation of the natural world is accelerating the rate of emergence of novel viruses,Looks to the challenges we can expect in the future, from new and as-yet undiscovered viruses
Rights: OUP UK (INDIAN TERRITORY)
Second Edition Edition
Dorothy H. Crawford
Description
For all our hubris, humans can be felled rapidly by an invisible enemy - viruses.
All around us are minute entities that can damage and kill: the millions of viruses that pervade the natural world. Our bodies harbour many that we have long tolerated, but a new one, that jumps into humans from another species, can be lethal - as we have seen most recently with the virus responsible for COVID-19. But what are viruses, how do they cause disease, and how can we fight them?
In Viruses: The Invisible Enemy, a brand new edition of her classic work, virologist Dorothy Crawford explores these questions.
She takes the reader on a journey through the past to show how, as the human race evolved from hunter gatherer to farmer to our present urban, industrialised society, viruses have taken advantage of each lifestyle change to promote their own survival.
We have acquired many new viruses along the way, some spreading globally and causing killer diseases. But now, in the 21st century, as humans increasingly encroach into and exploit the natural world, the rate of emergence of novel viruses is accelerating. Already we've had a flu pandemic, large epidemics from SARS, Ebola and Zika viruses, and most devastating of all, SARS-CoV-2, which swept around the world in
2020-21, causing the COVID-19 pandemic. The response of scientists has been rapid, producing vaccines in record time. But we can expect more such challenges in the future. This book discusses why and how SARS-CoV-2 and other killer viruses emerged, and how we can win the battle against such an enemy.
About the author
Dorothy H. Crawford, Emeritus Professor of Medical Microbiology, University of Edinburgh<b>Dorothy Crawford</b> FRSE OBE is professor of medical microbiology and assistant principal for public understanding of medicine at the University of Edinburgh, where she was also Vice Principal for Public Understanding of Science (2008-12). Her specialism in research has been the Epstein-Barr virus. She has written eight popular books, including Viruses: A Very Short Introduction, (2nd edition, 2018), and Deadly Companions, (2018, also in Oxford Landmark Science), as well as a large number of articles for newspapers and blogs, including a period as a science columnist for The Scotsman. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and was awarded an OBE for services to medicine and to higher education.
Second Edition Edition
Dorothy H. Crawford
Table of contents
Preface
Introduction
1:Bugs, Germs, and Microbes
2:New viruses or old adversaries in new guises?
3:Coughs and sneezes spread diseases
4:Unlike love, Herpes is forever
5:Viruses and Cancer
6:Searching for a cure
Conclusion - The future - friend or foe
Second Edition Edition
Dorothy H. Crawford
Description
For all our hubris, humans can be felled rapidly by an invisible enemy - viruses.
All around us are minute entities that can damage and kill: the millions of viruses that pervade the natural world. Our bodies harbour many that we have long tolerated, but a new one, that jumps into humans from another species, can be lethal - as we have seen most recently with the virus responsible for COVID-19. But what are viruses, how do they cause disease, and how can we fight them?
In Viruses: The Invisible Enemy, a brand new edition of her classic work, virologist Dorothy Crawford explores these questions.
She takes the reader on a journey through the past to show how, as the human race evolved from hunter gatherer to farmer to our present urban, industrialised society, viruses have taken advantage of each lifestyle change to promote their own survival.
We have acquired many new viruses along the way, some spreading globally and causing killer diseases. But now, in the 21st century, as humans increasingly encroach into and exploit the natural world, the rate of emergence of novel viruses is accelerating. Already we've had a flu pandemic, large epidemics from SARS, Ebola and Zika viruses, and most devastating of all, SARS-CoV-2, which swept around the world in
2020-21, causing the COVID-19 pandemic. The response of scientists has been rapid, producing vaccines in record time. But we can expect more such challenges in the future. This book discusses why and how SARS-CoV-2 and other killer viruses emerged, and how we can win the battle against such an enemy.
About the author
Dorothy H. Crawford, Emeritus Professor of Medical Microbiology, University of Edinburgh<b>Dorothy Crawford</b> FRSE OBE is professor of medical microbiology and assistant principal for public understanding of medicine at the University of Edinburgh, where she was also Vice Principal for Public Understanding of Science (2008-12). Her specialism in research has been the Epstein-Barr virus. She has written eight popular books, including Viruses: A Very Short Introduction, (2nd edition, 2018), and Deadly Companions, (2018, also in Oxford Landmark Science), as well as a large number of articles for newspapers and blogs, including a period as a science columnist for The Scotsman. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and was awarded an OBE for services to medicine and to higher education.
Table of contents
Preface
Introduction
1:Bugs, Germs, and Microbes
2:New viruses or old adversaries in new guises?
3:Coughs and sneezes spread diseases
4:Unlike love, Herpes is forever
5:Viruses and Cancer
6:Searching for a cure
Conclusion - The future - friend or foe
Nicholas P. Money
Michael J. Fogarty, Jeremy S. Collie
Jamie A. Davies
Donald C. Behringer, Brian R. Silliman, Kevin D. Lafferty
Processes in Microbial Ecology
David L. Kirchman
Chris Cooper
Jonathan Slack
Selfish Genes to Social Beings
Jonathan Silvertown
T. S. Kemp
Albert Folch
