Books written by Dorothy H. Crawford

  • Cancer Virus: The story of Epstein-Barr Virus

    This was mainly because Ted Williams, a missionary doctor from the Kuluva hospital, had shown that the West Nile District had the highest incidence of Burkitt Lymphoma in Uganda. Williams had accompanied Burkitt on the long safari in ...

  • Viruses: A Very Short Introduction

    ... H. Hendrix MARTYRDOM Jolyon Mitchell MARX Peter Singer MATERIALS Christopher Hall MATHEMATICS Timothy Gowers THE ... MEXICAN REVOLUTION Alan Knight MICHAEL FARADAY Frank A. J. L. James MICROBIOLOGY Nicholas P. Money MICROECONOMICS ...

  • Cancer Virus: The Story of Epstein-Barr Virus

    Traggiai E et al. Science 304: 104–7. 2004. ... 2010. 172. Levin et al. Ann Neurol 67: 824–30. 2010. demonstration of transformation 47–8 electron microscopy 2, 27–8, 33–4, 35 193 notes CHAPTER 9: MAKING SENSE OF A HUMAN CANCER VIRUS.

  • Viruses: A Very Short Introduction

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  • Viruses: The Invisible Enemy

    But we can expect more such challenges in the future. This book discusses why and how SARS-CoV-2 and other killer viruses emerged, and how we can win the battle against such an enemy." -- from the publisher's website.

  • Ebola: Profile of a Killer Virus

    In Ebola Crawford combines personal accounts from these brave medical workers with the latest scientific reports to tell the story of the epidemic as it unfolded, and how it has changed our understanding of the virus.

  • Ebola: Profile of a Killer Virus

    In Ebola Crawford combines personal accounts from these brave medical workers with the latest scientific reports to tell the story of the epidemic as it unfolded, and how it has changed our understanding of the virus.

  • Deadly Companions: How Microbes Shaped Our History

    How it all began -- Our microbial inheritance -- Microbes jump species -- Crowds, filth and poverty -- Microbes go global -- Famine and devastation -- Deadly companions revealed -- The fight back.

  • Viruses: a Very Short Introduction

    Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Viruses are everywhere, and as the COVID-19 pandemic has shown, cannot be ignored. From their discovery to the unravelling of their intricate structures,...

  • Deadly Companions: How Microbes Shaped our History

    Ever since we started huddling together in communities, the story of human history has been inextricably entwined with the story of microbes.

  • Ebola: Profile of a Killer Virus

    In Ebola Crawford combines personal accounts from these brave medical workers with the latest scientific reports to tell the story of the epidemic as it unfolded, and how it has changed our understanding of the virus.

  • Cancer Virus: The story of Epstein-Barr Virus

    This book tells the story of the discovery of the virus, and the recognition of its connection with these various diseases - an account that spans the world and involves some remarkable characters and individual stories.

  • Viruses: The Invisible Enemy

    But we can expect more such challenges in the future. This book discusses why and how SARS-CoV-2 and other killer viruses emerged, and how we can win the battle against such an enemy.

  • Virus Hunt: The search for the origin of HIV/AIDs

    Virus Hunt is a tale of scientific endeavour.

  • Virus Hunt: The search for the origin of HIV/AIDs

    Dorothy H. Crawford traces the story back to the remote rain forests of Africa - home to the primates that carry the ancestral virus - and reveals how HIV-1 first jumped from chimpanzees to humans in rural south east Cameroon.

  • Deadly Companions: How Microbes Shaped our History

    ... oasis to oasis and covering vast distances. When the Venetian Marco Polo (1254–1324), set out on his epic journey in 1271, travelling the Silk Road through Armenia, Persia and Afghanistan, over the Pamirs and through the Gobi Desert to ...

  • Deadly Companions: How Microbes Shaped Our History

    The story of human history has been inextricably entwined with the story of microbes.