Author:
Booss, John, author.
Edition Statement:Second edition.
ImprintHoboken, NJ : Wiley ; Washington, DC : American Society for Microbiology, [2023]
Descriptionxxxii, 381 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
Note:Fear or Terror on Every Countenance : Yellow Fever -- Of Mice and Men : Animal Models of Viral Infection -- Filling the Churchyard with Corpses : Smallpox and the Immune Response -- What Can Be Seen : from Viral Inclusion Bodies to Electron Microscopy -- The Turning Point : Cytopathic Effect in Tissue Culture -- A Torrent of Viral Isolates : the Early Years of Diagnostic Virology -- Imaging Viruses and Tagging Their Antigens -- Immunological Memory : Ingenuity and Serendipity -- To the Barricades : the Molecular Revolution -- The World Changed : The COVID-19 Pandemic.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note:"Trace the evolution of diagnostic virology from yellow fever to COVID-19. Join expert storytellers John Booss, Marilyn J. August, and Marie Louise Landry in a journey through the history of viral epidemics and the detective work of those determined to identify the culprits and treat the infected." --Back cover.
