Pandemics: what everyone needs to know
Nobel Laureate Peter Doherty offers a level-headed guide to all aspects of pandemics-what they are, how they spread, and what we can do to prevent them Pandemics. The word conjures up images of horrific diseases sweeping the globe and killing everyone in their path. But such highly lethal illnesses almost never create pandemics. The reality is deadly serious but far more subtle. In Pandemics, Peter Doherty, who won the Nobel Prize for his work on how the immune system recognizes virus-infected …
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- Full title :Pandemics : what everyone needs to know / Peter C. Doherty.
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Nobel Laureate Peter Doherty offers a level-headed guide to all aspects of pandemics-what they are, how they spread, and what we can do to prevent them Pandemics. The word conjures up images of horrific diseases sweeping the globe and killing everyone in their path. But such highly lethal illnesses almost never create pandemics. The reality is deadly serious but far more subtle. In Pandemics, Peter Doherty, who won the Nobel Prize for his work on how the immune system recognizes virus-infected cells, offers an essential guide to one of the truly life-or-death issues of our age. In concise, que.
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- Publication Date:2013
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- Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication:Oxford
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2013
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- Description:1 online resource (227 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780199898114, 0199898111, 1299712835, 9781299712836, 9780199986781, 0199986789
- oclc:ocn851695304
- LC Classification:RA399.5
- Dewey Decimal:362.1028/9
Table of Contents
Cover; TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; 1 Infection and Immunity; What is the difference between a virus and a bacterium?; What is the difference between RNA and DNA?; Aren't viruses also much smaller than bacteria?; Why is it important to distinguish viruses from bacteria when discussing pandemics?; Are colds and flu caused by hundreds of viruses?; What exactly is a pathogen?; How does infection happen?; What is snot?; What is a horizontal infection? Is there another kind?; Are all virus and bacterial infections bad for us?
If there is a bacterial and protozoal "microbiome," is there also a "virome"?What does "immunity" mean?; What are monoclonal antibodies?; Would you describe mAbs as drugs or vaccines?; What are vaccines?; 2 Pandemics, Epidemics, and Outbreaks; What is the exact definition of pandemic?; Who declares a pandemic?; Was the H1N1 "swine flu" really so mild?; How does the WHO operate?; Should the pandemic classification system be refined?; How does a pandemic differ from an epidemic or an outbreak?; Do all pandemics involve infection?; What does the term "zoonosis" mean?
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