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The present manual has been designed in accordance with the recommendations of New MSVE (Minimum Standards of Veterinary Education) course outline for B.V. Sc. & A.H. graduates. The text features detailed experimental protocols with comprehensive sections on materials and preparations for all exercises. This comprehensive manual is a reference guide to student which covers various aspects of Veterinary Virology ranging from filtration techniques,...
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Más allá de lo que percibimos a simple vista, palpita un microcosmos que lo abarca todo: muchos de sus habitantes colonizan nuestros cuerpos sin hacernos daño, como parte de la flora normal de distintos órganos, mientras que otros pueden causarnos enfermedades de leves a graves, e incluso la muerte.
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It isn't easy to be a phage. First, what is a phage? A phage is a virus that infects Bacteria. To succeed, a phage must encounter, recognize, and enter a particular type of bacterial cell, then coerce it to make more phages rather than more cells. Of course, the cell resists this hostile takeover in numerous ways, all of which the successful phage overcomes. The triumphant phage then, proceeds with its replicative business. In this engaging book,...
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"Winner of the 2016 Postgraduate Textbook Prize, Royal Society of Biology" Joshua S. Weitz is associate professor of biology at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
When we think about viruses we tend to consider ones that afflict humans-such as those that cause influenza, HIV, and Ebola. Yet, vastly more viruses infect single-celled microbes. Diverse and abundant, microbes and the viruses that infect them are found in oceans, lakes, plants, soil,...
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Zika Virus has wreaked havoc in Brazil in recent times and is rapidly raising the specter of a global pandemic. It has also resurfaced in India. In June 2017, three individuals in Ahmedabad were, found infected. The ensuing panic was, compounded by lack of knowledge and, worse, by conflicting and confusing information.
The Secret Life of Zika Virus cuts through the noise and misinformation to present an in-depth, comprehensive biography of Zika Virus...
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Science doesn't speak for itself. Neck-deep in work that can be messy and confounding, and naïve in the ways of public communication, scientists are often unable to package their insights into the neat narratives that the public requires. Enter the celebrities, the advocates, the lobbyists, and the funders behind them, who take advantage of scientists' reluctance to provide easy answers, flooding the media with misleading or incorrect claims about...
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We cannot eradicate Covid-19, but humans can help the virus grow to be more benign.
To get there, we must enter the Transitional Phase, when Covid-19 transforms from pandemic to another common cold coronavirus. Understanding what a virus wants and how a virus views the world helps. With knowledge of existing human coronaviruses and basic viral/host interactions, we come to understand that herd protection-not herd immunity-is the goal. Immunity is...
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From one of the world's top virologists, the definitive guide to understanding-and navigating-COVID-19.
Three years on, COVID is clearly here to stay. So what do we do now? Drawing on his expertise as one of the world's top virologists, Dr. Paul Offit helps weary readers address that crucial question in this brief, definitive guide.
As a member of the FDA Vaccine Advisory Committee and a former member of the Advisory Committee for Immunization...
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The incredible true story of the most banned documentary in history.
Researching the controversy arising after the release of the viral phenomenon known as Plandemic, the most seen and censored documentary in history, an investigative journalist sets out to disprove and debunk claims made throughout the film. Instead, the journalist opens a Pandora's Box to witness firsthand an underworld of corruption, lies, and the darkest of unsolved mysteries.
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"RFK Jr. exposes the decades of lies."-Luc Montagnier, Nobel laureate
From the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Publishers Weekly bestselling author of The Real Anthony Fauci comes an explosive exposé of the cover-up behind the true origins of COVID-19.
"Gain-of-function" experiments are conducted to deliberately develop highly virulent, easily transmissible coronavirus pathogens for the stated purpose of developing preemptive...
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With contributions from eminent doctors, scientists, and experts in their fields, Lies My Gov't Told Me offers a comprehensive look at the coronavirus pandemic—where we are today, how we got here, and what's on the horizon. Challenging the mainstream government-pharma-media narrative, the chapters in this book will not only outrage readers but will also inform and give readers hope.
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#1 on AMAZON, and a NEW YORK TIMES, WALL STREET JOURNAL, USA TODAY and PUBLISHERS WEEKLY NATIONAL BESTSELLER
This edition is limited to only 5,000 copies. Each copy is housed in a custom-made slipcase, is signed by the author, and includes an original 6" x 9" signed photo of the author. With added citations, full index, larger print, and wider margins, this Two-Box Deluxe Boxed Set is an important keepsake and record of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s alarming...
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What is killing healthy young Americans?
2020 saw a spike in deaths in America, smaller than you might imagine during a pandemic, some of which could be attributed to COVID and to initial treatment strategies that were not effective. But then, in 2021, the stats people expected went off the rails. The CEO of the OneAmerica insurance company publicly disclosed that during the third and fourth quarters of 2021, death in people of working age (18—64)...
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Even amid the horrors and heavy sorrows of the global COVID-19 pandemic, there can be a distinct vitality in our souls, in our circumstances, in our relationships, in the world within our sphere of influence, and in how we each move into the future. It may not be a euphoric vitality when a prolific number of us suffer illness, and many die, in a society gripped by fear, economic tumult, and looming infections facing healthcare and law enforcement...
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With the keen eyes of a scientist and the sensibilities of a seasoned writer, Dr. Robert Morris chronicles the fascinating and at times frightening story of our drinking water. His gripping narrative vividly recounts the epidemics that have shaken cities and nations, the scientists who reached into the invisible and emerged with controversial truths that would save millions of lives, and the economic and political forces that opposed these researchers...
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The definitive, inside account of the Trump Administration’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic from White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator and Coronavirus Task Force member, Dr. Deborah Birx.
In late February 2020, Dr. Deborah Birx—a lifelong federal health official who had worked at the CDC, the State Department, and the US Army across multiple presidential administrations—was asked to join the Trump White House Coronavirus Task Force...
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In The Case for Vaccine Mandates, Alan Dershowitz—New York Times bestselling author and one of America's most respected legal scholars—makes an argument, against the backdrop of ideologically driven and politicized objections, for mandating (with medical exceptions) vaccinations as a last resort, if proved necessary to prevent the spread of COVID.
Alan Dershowitz has been called “one of the most prominent and consistent defenders of civil liberties...
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People live in a sea of viruses. All creatures are host to these small organisms, which are made up of small bits of genetic information. Viruses are possessed by a drive to survive, but in order to reproduce they must invade a living cell.
Dr. William A. Haseltine, PhD, has spent a lifetime studying viruses and their ability to adapt and flourish within an ever-changing environment. In Variants! The Shape-Shifting Challenge of COVID-19, Dr. Haseltine...
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Coronavirus disease is a virus that is part of a large family of viruses called coronaviruses (CoV). It has been known to cause common respiratory infections ranging from common diseases like the common cold to more critical illnesses such as severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS). However, the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is a new strain of the coronaviruses that was discovered in 2019 that has never...
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Pharma-funded mainstream media has convinced millions of Americans that Dr. Anthony Fauci is a hero. He is anything but.
As director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), Dr. Anthony Fauci dispenses $6.1 billion in annual taxpayer-provided funding for scientific research, allowing him to dictate the subject, content, and outcome of scientific health research across the globe. Fauci uses the financial clout at his disposal...
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