viruses

Otis Fitzmorgan delves into the past in order to solve the riddle of the fake statue aboard the Space Elevator as well as find a cure for a deadly virus that has struck the adults on board and threatens Earth.

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

When the director of a Los Angeles health maintenance clinic succumbs, along with seven patients, to an untreatable virus, Atlanta's Center for Disease Control goes on red alert. Dr. Melissa Blumenthal is sent to investigate.

Dr. Kay Scarpetta becomes both investigator and victim when she is contacted over the Internet by a murderer who is threatening to loose a deadly virus on the world.

Lusitania seems to be a planet on which three intelligent species--humans, the pequininos, and the Hive Queen--can finally live together, until a virus dangerous to humans but vital to the pequininos is found, and the Starways Congress orders Lusitania and its inhabitants to be destroyed.

Describes the history of pandemics and infectious diseases, how they spread and are tracked, and ways we can fight and prevent pandemics. Includes charts and maps.

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.

Discusses various types of bacteria and viruses, methods of fighting diseases, and how bacteria and viruses can be used to benefit people and the environment.

Chronicles the history of the Centers for Disease Control against the backdrop of the 1995 Ebola outbreak in Zaire, discussing the origins and accomplishments of the fifty-year-old agency, and looking at some of the doctors who risk their lives to fight deadly diseases.

In 2007, a small band of children have joined together in a Florida town, trying to survive in a world where it seems that all the adults have been killed off by a catastrophic virus.