Hepatitis B: The Hunt for a Killer Virus

by Baruch S. Blumberg and Baruch S Blumberg

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About 375 million people are infected with the hepatitis B virus. It has killed more people than AIDS and also causes millions of cases of liver cancer. The discovery of this deadly virus and the vaccine against it--a vaccine that is sharply decreasing the infection rate worldwide and is probably the first effective cancer vaccine--was one of the great triumphs of twentieth-century medicine. And it almost didn't happen. With wit and insight, this...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:069100692X

ISBN13:9780691006925

Release Date:May 2002

Publisher:Princeton University Press

Length:256 Pages

Weight:1.25 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.3"

Related Subjects

Basic Sciences Clinical Communicable Diseases Gastroenterology History History & Philosophy Immunology Infectious Disease Infectious Diseases Internal Medicine Medical Medical Books Medicine Medicine & Health Sciences Professionals & Academics Research Science & Math Special Topics

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