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Viruses, Pandemics, and Immunity
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Explore the intricate world of viruses, pandemics, and immunity with this enlightening book. Offering a comprehensive overview, it delves into how viruses emerge, evolve, and lead to devastating pandemics, including historical insights and modern implications influenced by the COVID-19 crisis. With a clear and engaging narrative, this essential read elucidates how our immune system fights against these invisible foes, paving the way for better understanding our health. Discover the mechanisms behind diagnostic tests that identify infections, the development of vaccines designed to protect us, and antiviral therapies that aim to treat viral diseases efficiently. Perfect for anyone interested in public health, epidemiology, and virology, this book is not just a recount of past pandemics but a salient guide to understanding the ongoing challenges we face in preserving our health during infectious disease outbreaks. By investing in this vital resource, you'll grasp the foundation of public health policies and the innovative strategies developed to combat future pandemics. Make informed decisions and enrich your knowledge in a world increasingly affected by viruses.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9780262542388
Format: Trade paperback (UK)
Year: 2021
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Pages: 224
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.
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Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9780262542388
Format: Trade paperback (UK)
Year: 2021
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Pages: 224
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.
This product has FREE shipping however combined shipping for other products is not available with this item. Please allow up to 10 days for shipping
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