Krasner, Robert I.
20th century microbe hunters : their lives, accomplishments, and legacies Twentieth century microbe hunters Robert I. Krasner. - Sudbury, MA : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, c2008. - xv, 199 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
Carlos Chagas : Chagas disease--a death kiss -- Alexander Fleming : the mold that changed the world -- Charles Nicolle : the cause and transmission of epidemic typhus fever -- Richard E. Shope : discovery of the influenza virus -- Jonas Salk: development of the first polio vaccine -- Donald A. Henderson : eradication of smallpox -- D. Carlton Gajdusek and Stanley Prusiner : prions--all but the moo -- Robert C. Gallo and Luc Montagnier: AIDS--a 20th century ongoing plague -- Barry Marshall and J. Robin Warren : ulcers--a bacterial infection -- Donald R. Hopkins : eradication of Guinea worm disease.
9780763742010 (pbk.) 0763742015 (pbk.)
Microbiologists--Biography.
Microbiology--History--20th century.
579.0922 / KRA 2008
20th century microbe hunters : their lives, accomplishments, and legacies Twentieth century microbe hunters Robert I. Krasner. - Sudbury, MA : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, c2008. - xv, 199 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
Carlos Chagas : Chagas disease--a death kiss -- Alexander Fleming : the mold that changed the world -- Charles Nicolle : the cause and transmission of epidemic typhus fever -- Richard E. Shope : discovery of the influenza virus -- Jonas Salk: development of the first polio vaccine -- Donald A. Henderson : eradication of smallpox -- D. Carlton Gajdusek and Stanley Prusiner : prions--all but the moo -- Robert C. Gallo and Luc Montagnier: AIDS--a 20th century ongoing plague -- Barry Marshall and J. Robin Warren : ulcers--a bacterial infection -- Donald R. Hopkins : eradication of Guinea worm disease.
9780763742010 (pbk.) 0763742015 (pbk.)
Microbiologists--Biography.
Microbiology--History--20th century.
579.0922 / KRA 2008