Viruses, Pandemics, and Immunity
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- $14.99
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
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.
Customer Reviews
Viruses, Pandemics and Immunities
This is an amazing work which makes the complex simple, as educational as it is enjoyable! It is rich in history and science, while laser focused on today. The authors have done a remarkable job of explaining the area of infectious diseases that is accessible to non-technical, non-science people with extreme clarity.
It is a short book, and I read it slowly in a few days. A very cool feature is the cartoon illustrations that give the reader insight into the particular topic being addressed.
It answered many questions for me applicable to Covid-19, and I am sure it will for you too.
Anne Sodini