Preface
Introduction
1: Bugs, Germs, and Microbes
2: New viruses or old adversaries in new guises?
3: Coughs and sneezes spread diseases
4: Unlike love, Herpes is forever
5: Viruses and Cancer
6: Searching for a cure
Conclusion - The future - friend or foe
Dorothy Crawford FRSE OBE is professor of medical microbiology and
assistant principal for public understanding of medicine at the
University of Edinburgh, where she was also Vice Principal for
Public Understanding of Science (2008-12). Her specialism in
research has been the Epstein-Barr virus. She has written eight
popular books, including Viruses: A Very Short Introduction, (2nd
edition, 2018), and Deadly
Companions, (2018, also in Oxford Landmark Science), as well as a
large number of articles for newspapers and blogs, including a
period as a science columnist for The Scotsman. She is a Fellow of
the Royal Society of Edinburgh and was awarded an OBE
for services to medicine and to higher education.
I would thoroughly recommend this book to anyone interested in
understanding general aspects of modern virology in a clear and
delightful manner.
*Karen Campos-León, Former Fellow Postdoctoral Researcher at the
University of Birmingham, UK, Microbiology Society*
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