To Catch a Virus (ASM Books)

Booss, John,August, Marilyn J.

ISBN 10: 1555815073 / ISBN 13: 9781555815073

Published by ASM Press, 2013

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: To Catch a Virus (ASM Books)
• Publisher: ASM Press
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1555815073
• ISBN 13: 9781555815073
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Expert storytellers weave together the science, technological advances, medical urgencies, and human stories that chronicle the development of the field of diagnostic virology.

• Follows a historical discoveries that defined viruses and their roles in infectious diseases over a century of developments, epidemics, and molecular advances, and continuing into the 21st century with AIDS, HIV, and a future that in no way resembles the past.
• Features the great names and personalities of diagnostic virology, their contributions, their associations, and their challenges to prove findings that some considered fantasy.
• Describes how scientists applied revolutionary technologies, studying viruses, first in animal models and tissue culture and progressing to molecular and genetic techniques.
• Appeals to the pioneer and adventure-seeker who is interested in how a scientific field evolves.

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To Catch a Virus

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Expert storytellers weave together the science, technological advances, medical urgencies, and human stories that chronicle the development of the field of diagnostic virology.

• Follows a historical discoveries that defined viruses and their roles in infectious diseases over a century of developments, epidemics, and molecular advances, and continuing into the 21st century with AIDS, HIV, and a future that in no way resembles the past.
• Features the great names and personalities of diagnostic virology, their contributions, their associations, and their challenges to prove findings that some considered fantasy.
• Describes how scientists applied revolutionary technologies, studying viruses, first in animal models and tissue culture and progressing to molecular and genetic techniques.
• Appeals to the pioneer and adventure-seeker who is interested in how a scientific field evolves.