Description
Summary: | Humans have long faced an invisible enemy in the form of deadly viruses, and the COVID-19 pandemic shows what devastation they can wreak. As we face the prospect of more such viruses emerging, this edition of Dorothy Crawford's work explains the nature of viruses, how they cause disease, and how modern science is learning to counter them.
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Item Description: | Originally published under the title: The invisible enemy : a natural history of viruses, 2002. |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource : illustrations, maps. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780191937330 0191937339 9780192659514 0192659510 9780192659521 0192659529 |
Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 29, 2021). |