20th century microbe hunters / Robert I. Krasner.
| Author/creator | Krasner, Robert I. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Sudbury, MA : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, ©2008. |
| Description | xv, 199 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Variant title | Twentieth century microbe hunters |
| Contents | Carlos Chagas : Chagas disease--a death kiss -- Alexander Fleming : the mold that changed the world -- Charles Nicolle : the cause and transmission of epidemic typhus fever -- Richard E. Shope : discovery of the influenza virus -- Jonas Salk: development of the first polio vaccine -- Donald A. Henderson : eradication of smallpox -- D. Carlton Gajdusek and Stanley Prusiner : prions--all but the moo -- Robert C. Gallo and Luc Montagnier: AIDS--a 20th century ongoing plague -- Barry Marshall and J. Robin Warren : ulcers--a bacterial infection -- Donald R. Hopkins : eradication of Guinea worm disease. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| LCCN | 2007021554 |
| ISBN | 9780763742010 : |
| ISBN | 0763742015 |