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Viruses and Society book cover

1st Edition

Viruses and Society

By Patricia G. Melloy Copyright 2023
226 Pages 29 Color & 22 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

226 Pages 29 Color & 22 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

226 Pages 29 Color & 22 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press
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Viruses and Society is geared towards professionals and students in college-level introductory biology courses devoted to understanding viruses, vaccines, and their global impact. The beginning of the book introduces cells, DNA, and viruses themselves. There follows a review of how the immune system works and how scientists and physicians harness the immune system to protect people through... Read more

Acknowledgements

1. Introduction to Cells, DNA, and Viruses

2. An Introduction to the Immune System and Vaccines

3. The 1918 Influenza A Pandemic

4. Poliovirus

5. HIV/AIDS

6. SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19

7. Recombinant DNA Technology and Gene Therapy Using Viruses

8. Public Health and Viruses

9. Science Communication and Viruses

Index

Biography

Patricia G. Melloy is Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Fairleigh Dickinson University, Florham Campus. She received her undergraduate degree at Loyola University Maryland, her master’s degree at Villanova University, and her PhD at University of Pennsylvania. She was awarded the Distinguished Faculty Award for Teaching at Fairleigh Dickinson University in 2017.

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