| Virus X: Tracking the New Killer Plagues Contributor(s): Ryan, Frank (Author) |
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ISBN: 0316763063 ISBN-13: 9780316763066 Publisher: Back Bay Books OUR PRICE: $23.74 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1998 Annotation: In a book that takes readers into the "hot zones" of today's most dangerous viral outbreaks, Dr. Frank Ryan presents a radical theory about the origins of these deadly microbes, and reveals what research scientists and doctors are doing to try and control them. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Health & Fitness | Diseases - Contagious - Science |
| Dewey: 614.4 |
| Physical Information: 1.09" H x 5.56" W x 8.52" (1.28 lbs) 448 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A renowned authority on diseases, presents a radical theory about the origin of deadly microbes in a book that takes us into the "hot zones" of today's most dangerous viral outbreaks, then into the research labs and hospitals where doctors and scientists are risking their lives trying to control them. AIDS, Ebola, "mad cow disease," "flesh-eating" viruses...Today's newspapers are full of articles about new plagues and viruses. Where do these new viruses come from? Why do new plagues arise? Could there be -- will there be -- a lethal and incurable Virus X that spreads as easily as the common cold? |
