Viruses

by Wilson, Van G.

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Full title :Viruses.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2022.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Springer International Publishing AG
Place of Publication:Cham
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2022.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (359 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9783030854874, 3030854876
oclc:on1328743045
LC Classification:QR355-502
Dewey Decimal:579.2

Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgment -- Contents -- List of Figures -- 1: The Question of Life -- Weird Facts and Big Numbers -- From Ignorance to Fascination -- A Biological Primer - Multicellular Organisms -- Smaller, But Still Alive - Unicellular Organisms -- Biochemistry - You Can't Escape It -- Viruses At Last -- Additional Reading -- 2: Families, Forms, and Functions -- Taxonomy and Other Geeky Things -- Virions, the Viral Vehicle -- Alive or Not, Viruses Have a Life Cycle -- Infection and Disease-How Viruses Spread and Do Nasty Things -- Additional Reading -- 3: Ancient or New - On the Origin of Viruses -- We Don't Know Exactly Where We Came From, But We're Here Anyway -- Are Viruses the Chicken or the Egg? -- Hypotheses, Hypotheses, and More Hypotheses -- New Data at Last -- Closer to Home -- Papillomaviruses and Hominid Evolution -- Additional Reading -- 4: Of Predators and Prey -- Viral Infections - The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly -- Influenza - More Than Just Bad Air -- Hepatitis C - The Great Deceiver -- Herpes Varicella-Zoster Virus - Now You See It, Now You Don't -- Polyomaviruses and Anelloviruses - Predators or Passengers? -- Additional Reading -- 5: Immunity, Immuni…