virus diseases

Sam Palmer is transported to an alternate world after a biking accident puts him in a coma, and he is forced to save himself from dark forces in order to wake up from the coma.

Examines the complex interactions between humans and viruses and discusses the threat from viruses that jump from species to species.

Traces the history of struggles to find the source and cure for smallpox, yellow fever, measles, and poliomyelitis, drawing from personal reports and letters of participants who saw the events firsthand; and discusses some of the viral diseases that remain out of control, including AIDS and Ebola.

Explains how bacteria and viruses affect the human body and how the body fights them.

The world inside an infected Colorado high school quarantined by the government takes a startling turn for the worse when a new gang enters the school and starts gaining power.

In the present, three individuals--Lila, a pregnant doctor, Kittridge, a loner, and April, a teenager caring for her younger brother--struggle to survive as a man-made apocalypse unfolds. While, one hundred years in the future, Amy and others support the Twelve as they fight a dark enemy with plans for humankind that are worse than extinction.

FBI agent Brad Wolgast vows to protect six-year-old orphan Amy Harper Bellafonte after a government military experiment she was involved in goes bad, unleashing a toxic virus that turns humans into bloodthirsty monsters.

This book describes an infectious disease known as influenza, explaining how the disease is caused by a virus, how the disease spreads, how the 1918 influenza became a pandemic, and how vaccinations control strains of viruses that cause influenza.

Tells about the discovery of viruses, tiny infectious organisms that cause diseases such as smallpox, rabies, and AIDS. Learn about vaccines and the research that finds new uses for viruses.