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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. This title is published by the American Society of Microbiology Press and distributed by Taylor and Francis in rest of world territories.Product Identifiers
PublisherAmerican Society for Microbiology
ISBN-139781555815073
eBay Product ID (ePID)156634362
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SubjectMedicine, Science, Biology
Publication Year2013
Number of Pages392 Pages
Publication NameTo Catch a Virus
LanguageEnglish
TypeTextbook
AuthorMarilyn J August, John Booss
FormatPaperback
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Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Title_AuthorJohn Booss, Marilyn J August