Virus Hunter - Virus Research

Virus Hunter
Completely updated to include the latest findings on HIV, a highly praised survey of today's state-of-the-art viral research follows the cutthroat competition of high-level science that often pits researchers against each other.
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Virus Hunter:
Thirty Years of Battling Hot Viruses Around the World
by C. J. Peters, Mark Olshaker
Hardcover (1997)

Hardcover

Books such as Richard Preston's The Hot Zone thrust the deadly Ebola virus into the spotlight, but they can't match the first-person perspective of Virus Hunter. Author C. J. Peters is an ex-army colonel who has spent his professional life studying deadly pathogens in the lab and in the wild. He spins a drama- and adrenaline-filled true tale of virus hunters, which is gripping despite its occasional tendency to grow verbose and detour into personal history. Peters offers a look at crippling diseases not only through the eyes of a scientist, but also with the perspective of an insider in the defense establishment, painting a chilling picture of the potential of biological terrorism or outright warfare. Science Editor's Recommended Book

Virus Ground Zero:
Stalking the Killer Viruses With the Centers for Disease Control
by Edward Regis
Hardcover (1996)

Ever since Richard Preston's startling book The Hot Zone, killer viruses like Ebola, Lassa, Marburg and the hanta viruses have been huge at the box office--replacing bigger monsters as the scariest of horrors. Regis tells the story of how the Center for Disease Control (CDC) dealt efficiently with the most recent real-life outbreak of Ebola in Kikwit, Zaire in 1995. Although they never found the source of the outbreak, CDC scientists stopped it completely within a month. Initial panic by local medical authorities was stemmed with swift isolation of the infected and the training of staff to deal with this incurable horror using the latest technology: "rubber gloves, plastic gowns and face masks." Regis suggests that the threat from viruses has been overblown; his account of the CDC's heroic efficiency is certainly reassuring.
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Introduction to Modern Virology
(Basic Microbiology)
by N. Dimmock, S. Primrose
Paperback (1995)

Principles of Molecular Virology
by Alan Cann
Paperback (1997)

Press comments
" Excellent...The writing flows easily with good practical examples...An attractive, up-to-date book." SOCIETY FOR GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY QUARTERLY " More suitable for an undergraduate class than any other text I have recently seen...Readable and undergraduate friendly, and it fills a definite niche." AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MICROBIOLOGY NEWS " Compact...and realistically priced...Present[s] molecular virology to an undergraduate audience in an easily digestible form." TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY !

The Invisible Invaders:
Viruses and the Scientists Who Pursue Them
by Peter Radetsky
Paperback (1995)

In this acclaimed book, updated with a new chapter, Radetsky takes readers inside the fascinating, high-stakes world of viral research -- the frontline in the war against colds, flu . . . and the scourge of AIDS. "Engrossing reading for scientists and nonscientists alike." -- New York Times Book Review.

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