To Catch a Virus. John Booss

      Cover image: Specter of death waiting over Panama (U. J. Keppler, 1904). Cover illustration for Puck, a political satire and humor magazine. (See Figure 1 in chapter 1.) (Courtesy of Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.)

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      Booss, John.

      To catch a virus / John Booss, Marilyn J. August.

      p. ; cm.

      Includes bibliographical references and index.

      ISBN 978-1-55581-507-3 (pbk. : alk. paper)

      I. August, Marilyn J. II. American Society for Microbiology. III. Title.

      [DNLM: 1. Virology—history. 2. History, 19th Century. 3. History, 20th Century.

      4. History, 21st Century. 5. Virology—methods. 6. Virus Diseases—diagnosis.

      7. Virus Diseases—history. QW 11.1]

      616.9′101—dc23

      2012035227

      eISBN: 978-1-68367-352-1

       doi:10.1128/9781555818586

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