Dorothy H. Crawford se centra en los virus y su impacto en la salud humana. Su trabajo profundiza en las intrincadas interacciones entre patógenos y huéspedes, iluminando los virus para una audiencia más amplia. Su escritura a menudo destaca el papel crucial que los virus han jugado en la historia y la biología humanas. A través de su labor académica, busca mejorar la comprensión pública de la microbiología médica.
Viruses are everywhere, and as the COVID-19 pandemic has shown, cannot be ignored. From their discovery to the unravelling of their intricate structures, this Very Short Introduction provides a rounded and concise account of the nature of viruses, how they attack their hosts, and the efforts to control them.
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 Crawford's work explains the nature of viruses, how they cause disease, and how modern science is learning to counter them.