"A contagious living fluid" : tobacco mosaic virus
The uncommon cold: rhinovirus
Looking down from the stars : influenza virus
Rabbits with horns : papillomavirus
Everywhere, in all things
The enemy of our enemy : bacteriophages
Oceans of viruses : marine phages
The infected genome : endogenous retroviruses
The young scourge : human immunodeficiency virus
Becoming an American : West Nile virus
Predicting the next plague : severe acute respiratory syndrome
The long goodbye : smallpox
The alien in the watercooler : mimivirus.
From the Book - Second edition.
Foreword / by Judy Diamond and Charles Wood
Introduction: "A contagious living fluid" : tobacco mosaic virus and the discovery of the virosphere
Old companions. The uncommon cold : how rhinoviruses gently conquered the world ; Looking down from the stars : influenza's never-ending reinvention ; Rabbits with horns : human papillomavirus and infectious cancer
Everywhere, in all things. The enemy of our enemy : bacteriophages as viral medicine ; The infected ocean : how marine phages rule the sea ; Our inner parasites : endogenous retroviruses and our virus-riddled genomes
The viral future. The young scourge : human immunodeficiency virus and the animal origins of diseases ; Becoming an American : the globalization of West Nile virus ; Predicting the next plague : Ebola virus and the many others like it ; The long goodbye : the delayed oblivion of smallpox
Epilogue: The alien in the water cooler : giant viruses and the definition of life.
