Encounters in Virology, by author and educator Teri Shors, engages readers with 14 fascinating and thought-provoking case studies pulled from headline news. Each account describes an individual viral disease, along with the signs andsymptoms that accompany it, and asks students to become medical detectives asthey move along to identify and diagnosis these potentially lifethreatening viral diseases. An ideal supplement to any microbiology or virology course, as well as an entertaining and informative read, Encounters in Virology is sure to bring these realistic medical tales to life as readers race against time to solve these medical mysteries. INDICE: Preface; Chapter 1 Warts Running Wild; Chapter 2 A Good Deed Nearly Fatal; Chapter 3 A Case of the Trots; Chapter 4 Mysterious Transplant Complications; Chapter 5 Pass Me the Deet; Chapter 6 An Alternative Sushi; Chapter 7Frog Killer; Chapter 8 Deadly Date Palm Juice; Chapter 9 Snotty Horses; Chapter 10 A New Route of HIV Transmission?; Chapter 11 Zombie Fish; Chapter 12 Mysterious Bleeding; Chapter 13 Deadly Feasts?; Chapter 14 A Clinical Emergency
- ISBN: 978-0-7637-7349-6
- Editorial: Jones and Bartlett
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 120
- Fecha Publicación: 01/07/2012
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés