From the Book - Third edition.
Foreword / by Judy Diamond and Charles Wood
Introduction. "A contagious living fluid" : tobacco mosaic virus and the discovery of the virosphere
Old companions. The uncommon cold : how rhinoviruses gently conquered the world ; Looking down from the stars : influenza's never-ending reinvention ; Rabbits with horns : human papillomavirus and infectious cancer
Everywhere, in all things. The enemy of our enemy : bacteriophages as viral medicine ; The infected ocean : how marine phages rule the sea ; Our inner parasites : endogenous retroviruses and our virus-riddled genomes
The viral future. The young scourge : human immunodeficiency virus and the animal origins of disease ; Becoming an American : the globalization of West Nile virus ; The pandemic age : why COVID-19 should have come as no surprise ; The long goodbye : the delayed oblivion of Smallpox
Epilogue. The alien in the water cooler : giant viruses and what it means to be a virus.
From the Book - Second edition.
Foreword / by Judy Diamond and Charles Wood
"A contagious living fluid"
Tobacco mosaic virus and the discovery of the virosphere
How rhinoviruses gently conquered the world
Looking down from the stars
Influenza's never-ending reinvention
Human papillomavirus and infectious cancer
Everywhere, in all things
Bacteriophages as viral medicine
How marine phages rule the sea
Endogenous retroviruses and our virus-riddled genomes
Human immunodeficiency virus and the animal origins of diseases
The globalization of West Nile virus
Predicting the next plague
Ebola virus and the many others like it
The delayed oblivion of smallpox
"A contagious living fluid" : tobacco mosaic virus
The uncommon cold: rhinovirus
Looking down from the stars : influenza virus
Rabbits with horns : human papillomavirus
Everywhere, in all things
The enemy of our enemy : bacteriophages
Infected ocean : marine phages
Our inner parasites : endogenous retroviruses
The young scourge : human immunodeficiency virus
Becoming an American : West Nile virus
Predicting the next plague : severe acute respiratory syndrome
The long goodbye : smallpox
The alien in the watercooler : mimivirus.
