Microbe hunters, then and now / edited by Hilary Koprowski, Michael B.A. Oldstone.

Other author Koprowski, Hilary.
Other author Oldstone, Michael B. A.
Format Book
Publication InfoBloomington, IL : Medi-Ed Press, ©1996.
Description456 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Subjects
Medical microbiology--History.
Microbiology--history.
Research Personnel.
Virus Diseases--prevention & control.
History of Medicine.

Contents Animal viruses. History of smallpox / Frank Fenner -- Smallpox eradication / D.A. Henderson -- A brief history of rabies / Martin M. Kaplan and Francois X. Meslin -- Recent advances in the study of rabies / Zhen Fang Fu and Bernhard Dietzschold -- The history of measles vaccine and attempts to control measles / Samuel L. Katz -- Recent progress in measles research : pathogenesis and the virus receptor CD46 / Marianne Manchester, Friedrich Scheiflinger, and Michael B.A. Oldstone -- Milestones in the conquest of yellow fever / Thomas P. Monath -- Current advances in yellow fever research / James H. Strauss and Ellen G. Strauss -- Poliomyelitis : visit to ancient history / Hilary Koprowski -- Current concepts in poliomyelitis / Akio Nomoto -- History of varicella virus / Thomas Weller -- Live attenuated varicella vaccine / Anne Gershon, Philip LaRussa and Sharon Steinberg -- A history of influenza virology / Edwin D. Kilbourne -- Discovery of human influenza virus and subsequent influenza research at the NIMR / John Skehel -- History of viral hepatitis / Saul Krugman -- Immunology, vaccinology, and pathogenesis of hepatitis B / Maurice R. Hilleman -- The history of retroviruses / J.B. Moloney -- Human retroviruses : current concepts / Robert Gallo and Howard Streicher -- Current problems with viral hemorrhagic fevers / B.W.J. Mahy and C.J. Peters -- Present status of rubella virus / Teryl K. Frey.
Contents Plant viruses. The early study of tobacco mosaic virus / Ton van Helvoort -- Pathogen-derived resistance to plant viruses and plant viruses as vaccines / Roger N. Beachy and John H. Fitchen -- Bacteria. Epidemiology of the global distribution of tuberculosis / William W. Stead -- Tuberculosis, present and future / Thomas M. Shinnick -- Etiology of lyme disease : lessons for the present and future / Alan G. Barbour -- The discovery of Helicobacter pylori / T. Ulf Westbloom -- History and current status of pneumococcal vaccines / Monique Moreau -- Parasites. Toward the development of a malaria vaccine / John A. Tine and Enzo Paoletti -- Other issues. The mucosal immune system : recognition and current concepts / John J. Cebra ... [et al.] -- The prion saga / Stanley B. Prusiner -- Epilogue : overview and outlook for the future / Eberhard Wecker.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Acquisitions source Laupus- Robert W. Cihak History of Medicine Collection
LCCN 96028898
ISBN0936741112
ISBN9780936741116