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Zimmer, Carl, 1966-

A planet of viruses [electronic resource] / Carl Zimmer. - Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2011. - x, 109 p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"A contagious living fluid" : tobacco mosaic virus -- Old companions -- The uncommon cold: rhinovirus -- Looking down from the stars : influenza virus -- Rabbits with horns : papillomavirus -- Everywhere, in all things -- The enemy of our enemy : bacteriophages -- Oceans of viruses : marine phages -- The infected genome : endogenous retroviruses -- The viral future -- The young scourge : human immunodeficiency virus -- Becoming an American : West Nile virus -- Predicting the next plague : severe acute respiratory syndrome -- The long goodbye : smallpox -- The alien in the watercooler : mimivirus.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Viruses.

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Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: QR360 / .Z65 2011

Dewey Class. No.: 362.196/9