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서명/저자사항 | Viruses, pandemics, and immunity/ Arup K. Chakraborty and Andrey S. Shaw ; illustrated by Philip J.S. Stork. |
개인저자 | Chakraborty, Arup,author. Shaw, Andrey S.,author, |
형태사항 | 1 online resource. |
기타형태 저록 | Print version: Chakraborty, Arup. Viruses, pandemics, and immunity. Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, 2020 9780262363761 |
ISBN | 9780262363761 0262363763 9780262542388 0262542382 |
서지주기 | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
요약 | How viruses emerge to cause pandemics, how our immune system combats them, and how diagnostic tests, vaccines, and antiviral therapies work. Throughout history, humans have contended with pandemics. History is replete with references to plagues, pestilence, and contagion, but the devastation wrought by pandemics had been largely forgotten by the twenty-first century. Now, the enormous human and economic toll of the rapidly spreading COVID-19 disease offers a vivid reminder that infectious disease pandemics are one of the greatest existential threats to humanity. This book provides an accessible explanation of how viruses emerge to cause pandemics, how our immune system combats them, and how diagnostic tests, vaccines, and antiviral therapies work-- concepts that are a foundation for our public health policies. |
일반주제명 | Epidemics --Prevention. Immunity. |
언어 | 영어 |
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