Viral Fitness
The Next SARS and West Nile in the Making
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 5 August 2004
- ISBN 9780195130348
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages208 pages
- Size 162x242x19 mm
- Weight 503 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
This book by Jaap Goudsmit, the author of Viral Sex, addre
MoreLong description:
Despite vaccines and medicines, we have not succeeded in eradicating the most dangerous viruses in the world, like jaundice, measles, diarrhoea, polio and AIDS, not to mention newcomers like West Nile and SARS. Also, since September 11, it is no longer unthinkable that a terrorist would intentionally spread a virus among people or the food chain. In this book, Jaap Goudsmit argues that there is no such thing as life without viruses for many reasons, including the fact that many viruses spread without any visible signs, and can hide in animals; that there are too many different species of viruses and they multiply much faster than any animal or plant; and that infections strike especially in areas where life is difficult enough already, such as Africa and Asia. However, if viruses hold onto life so stubbornly, perhaps they can be useful to other living beings. Do viruses offer people a better chance of survival in a hostile world? Do viruses make people fitter? Some viruses seem to play a role in the process whereby our genes adapt to the environment. What is it that makes viruses incredibly strong, and can we learn something from it? What is the secret of the enormous "fitness" of viruses? Will viruses spell the end of mankind or will man always be able to offer resistance? This book attempts to answer these and other questions.
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Introduction: virus basics and the concept of viral fitness
As natural as breathing: The flu virus
Farming and feeding the hungry: Plant viruses and human enteroviruses
Raising cattle and eating meat: Rinderpest, measles and mad cow disease
Slaking our thirst: The cholera bacteria and its toxic viruses
Weathering storms and droughts: West Nile virus and others others
Getting lucky with a faulty gene: Escape from simple retroviruses
Taking chances with sex: The herpes and papova viruses
Risking death with sex: The AIDS virus
Warring against humans and other animals: Smallpox, monkeypox and alike
Raiding the wild for delicacies: The SARS virus BookData Code MJCJ
