Overview
- Covers little known areas such as the interest and practice of bacteriophage therapy in Eastern Europe during the 1930’s until today
- Discusses the possible role of viruses in cancer
- Includes chapters on specific virus diseases, such as smallpox, yellow fever and polio, the current status of HIV and the development of anti-virals
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (22 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
Milton Taylor, Indiana University, offers an easy-to-read and fascinating text describing the impact of viruses on human society. The book starts with an analysis of the profound effect that viral epidemics had on world history resulting in demographic upheavals by destroying total populations. It also provides a brief history of virology and immunology. Furthermore, the use of viruses for the treatment of cancer (viral oncolysis or virotherapy) and bacterial diseases (phage therapy) and as vectors in gene therapy is discussed in detail. Several chapters focus on viral diseases such as smallpox, influenza, polio, hepatitis and their control, as well as on HIV and AIDS and on some emerging viruses with an interesting story attached to their discovery or vaccine development. The book closes with a chapter on biological weapons. It will serve as an invaluable source of information for beginners in the field of virology as well as for experienced virologists, other academics, students, and readers without prior knowledge of virology or molecular biology.
Reviews
“Viruses and Man: A History of Interactions offers an extensive broad survey of selected topics on viruses, including the development of virology and its applications in molecular biology and biotechnology. … This book is accessible to nonexpert audiences. For experts, it can provide a deeper appreciation of the history of virology and virus-associated biotechnology and provide historical insight to modern-day challenges.” (Atis Muehlenbachs, Clinical Infectious Diseases CID, Vol. 60, June, 2015)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Viruses and Man: A History of Interactions
Authors: Milton W. Taylor
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07758-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-07757-4Published: 04 August 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-35294-7Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-07758-1Published: 21 July 2014
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 430
Number of Illustrations: 31 b/w illustrations, 144 illustrations in colour
Topics: Virology, Medical Microbiology, Immunology