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Viruses: A Very Short Introduction

Paperback • 2018 • 1. edition

Viruses: A Very Short Introduction

By University of Edinburgh) Crawford Dorothy H. (Emeritus Professor of Medical Microbiology

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About the book

Viruses are big news. From pandemics such as HIV, to swine flu, and SARS, we are constantly being bombarded with information about new lethal infections. In this Very Short Introduction Dorothy Crawford demonstrates how clever these entities really are. From their discovery and the unravelling of their intricate structures, Crawford demonstrates how these tiny parasites are by far the most abundant life forms on the planet. With up to two billion of them ineach litre of sea water, viruses play a...Show more

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Oxford University Press

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2018

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Viruses: A Very Short Introduction

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