Humans have long faced an invisible enemy in the form of deadly viruses, and the COVID-19 pandemic shows what devastation they can wreak. As we face the prospect of more such viruses emerging, this major new edition of Dorothy Crawfords work explains the nature of viruses, how they cause disease, and how modern science is learning to counter them.Publisher: Oxford University PressAuthor(s): Dorothy H. (Emeritus Professor of Medical Microbiology, University of Edinburgh) CrawfordIllustration(s): 39 black and white imagesNumber of pages: 272Collection: Oxford Landmark SciencePublication date: 2021Dimensions: 129 x 196 x 18Cover type: Paperback / softback