Marilyn J. Roossinck
Autor de Virus: An Illustrated Guide to 101 Incredible Microbes
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- 3
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- 59
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- #280,813
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- 4.3
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- 2
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- 11
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- 2
All of this data is at the top of the page with a Mercator Projection of the Earth that shows where the virus is located visually. The main portion of the page is taken up describing the virus in more detail. This particular section talks about the history of Ebola, from when it was first documented in the 1970s to the recent outbreak in 2013-15. This section also talks a bit about the Marburg virus but mentions it only in passing. The final third of the page shows a cross-section of the virus and displays the external view of the virus.
So this book is really packed with information. Further on, the viruses that don't affect humans or the plants they grow lack a vaccine. This makes sense since I won't really lose any sleep over the Cricket Paralysis virus or the Barley Yellow Dwarf virus.
This particular book was obtained from the Library, though I don't think I would mind owning a copy of this since it was so interesting.… (más)