| Description |
1 online resource (x, 166 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Summary |
This book presents the 24 discoveries in infectious diseases that have merited Nobel Prize recognition since the inception of the awards in 1901. Grouped according to biological groups rather than chronology, each discovery includes a biographical sketch of the laureate(s), a description of the research, and a summary of the current status of the field. In addition, consideration is given to the relevance of the research on the general field of biology and medicine. |
| Contents |
Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Alfred Nobel and the Nobel Prizes -- Immunity -- Serotherapy -- Antimicrobial Defenses -- MHC Restriction -- Antimicrobials -- Prontosil and the Sulfonamides -- Penicillin -- Streptomycin -- Chemotherapeutic Agents -- Bacteria -- Tuberculosis -- Typhus -- Syphilis Therapy -- Viruses -- Tobacco Mosaic Virus -- Yellow Fever -- Poliomyelitis Virus -- Hepatitis B Virus -- Bacteriophage -- Bacteriophage Lysogeny -- Rous Sarcoma Virus -- Polyoma Virus -- Reverse Transcriptase -- Viral Oncogenes -- Kuru -- Prions -- Parasites -- Malaria -- Cancer Parasite -- DDT -- Counterpoint: HIV / AIDS -- Index. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Serotherapy -- Antimicrobial defenses -- MHC restriction -- Prontosil and the sulfonamides -- Penicillin -- Streptomycin -- Chemotherapeutic agents -- Tuberculosis -- Typhus -- Syphilis therapy -- Tobacco mosaic virus -- Yellow fever -- Poliomyelitis virus -- Hepatitis B virus -- Bacteriophage -- Bacteriophage lysogeny -- Rous sarcoma virus -- Polyoma virus -- Reverse transcriptase -- Viral oncogenes -- Prions -- Malaria -- Cancer parasite -- DDT. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Nobel Prizes.
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Nobel Prizes. |
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Communicable diseases.
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Communicable diseases. |
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Discoveries in science.
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Discoveries in science. |
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Communicable Diseases. |
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Microbiology. |
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Nobel Prize. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Freeman, Geraldine L.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Rifkind, David. Nobel Prize winning discoveries in infectious diseases. London ; San Diego, Calif. : Elsevier/Academic, ©2005 0123693535 9780123693532 (OCoLC)59877493 |
| ISBN |
9780123693532 |
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0123693535 |
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0080459579 (electronic book) |
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9780080459578 (electronic book) |
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