02888cam a22003498i 4500 21438112 OSt 20231206135830.0 200219s2020 nyu b 001 0 eng 2020006708 9780190056780 DLC eng rda DLC pcc RC114.5 .O37 2020 616.91009 OLD/V Oldstone, Michael B. A. author. 10068 Viruses, plagues, and history : past, present, and future / by Michael B.A. Oldstone. Second edition. 1111 New York : Oxford University Press, 2020. 485pages text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. "Here, my previous edition of Viruses, Plagues, & History is updated to reflect both progress and disappointment since that publication. This edition describes newcomers to the range of human infections, specifically, plagues that play important roles in this 21st century. The first is Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), an infection related to Sudden Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). SARS was the first new-found plague of this century. Zika virus, which is similar to yellow fever virus in being transmitted by mosquitos, is another of the recent scourges. Zika appearing for the first time in the Americas is associated with birth defects and a paralytic condition in adults. Lastly, illness due to hepatitis viruses were observed prominently during the second World War initially associated with blood transfusions and vaccine inoculations. Since then, hepatitis virus infections have afflicted millions of individuals, in some leading to an acute fulminating liver disease or more often to a life-long persistent infection. A subset of those infected has developed liver cancer. However, in a triumph of medical treatments for infectious diseases, pharmaceuticals have been developed whose use virtually eliminates such maladies. For example, Hepatitis C virus infection has been eliminated from almost all (>97%) of its victims. This incredible result was the by-product of basic research in virology as well as cell and molecular biology during which intelligent drugs were designed to block events in the hepatitis virus life-cycle"-- Provided by publisher. Virus diseases History. Online version: Oldstone, Michael B.A., Viruses, plagues, and history Third. New York : Oxford University Press, 2020. 9780190056803 (DLC) 2020006709 0 vip orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg ddc BK 616.91009 OLD/V 616.91009 OLD/V 0 0 ddc 0 0 SCIENCE MES MES HIS 2023-12-06 0 616.91009 OLD/V 43955 2023-12-06 13:59:04 1495.00 2023-12-06 BK GL42R2 43774 43774