Poxviruses

by Andrew Mercer

The study of poxviruses has a long and distinguished history that includes Jenner's founding work on smallpox vaccination. In the more than 200 years since that time we have seen the remarkable eradication of smallpox. It is difficult to overstate the significance of that achievement. It not only removed a disease that must rate as one of humankind's greatest scourges, but also demonstrated the effectiveness of the general principle of vacci- tion...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3764375566
• ISBN13: 9783764375560
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Birkhauser
• Length: 442 Pages
• Weight: 1.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"