Secret agents: the menace of emerging infections
Auteur :
Drexler, Madeline
Éditeur :
National Academies Press
ISBN :
9780309076388
Date de publication :
23 févr. 2002
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
The war on germs is being fought on various fronts - from the skirmishes with disease-carrying mosquitoes that cross oceans hidden away in airline wheel wells to the high-profile battle against terrorists wielding deadly bioweapons. This book looks at infections and tells the stories of scientists racing to catch up with invisible adversaries.