LibGuides: MCB 532 Human Pathogenic Viruses: Course Resourses and Virus-related media

Course Resources

This Week in Virology
weekly podcast of virology news, discussions of papers, and interviews
Field's Virology 6th Edition, UW library access
Best resource for additional information about virus families. Use the link above for access through the UW library (will work with your UW ID)
Field's Virology 6th Edition, Fred Hutch access
Best resource for additional information about virus families. Link works from the computers in the Hutch library or if you have access to the Hutch wireless network. A hard copy of these books are available in the "course reserves" section of the Fred Hutch library.
ViralZone
well designed website with large virus database and basic information
ProMED
See latest on infectious or suspicious outbreaks (viral and other) currently going on in the world

Field's Virology, 7th Edition, Fred Hutch access

Most recent edition, covers some, but not all virus families with a focus on virus families that contain emerging viruses

Virus in the news

I'll talk about the most recent one at the start of class.

World Rabies Day 2023
Sept 28, 2023
Norovirus in the wilderness? How an outbreak spread on the Pacific Crest Trail
NPR, Sept 24, 2023
An illness left Feinstein with more complications than were initially disclosed.
New York Times Sept 29, 2023
Deadly bird flu jumps to harbor seals in Salish Sea, first for West Coast
Seattle Times, Oct 5, 2023
A month after a pig heart transplant, man works to regain strength with no rejection so far
Seattle Time, Oct 20, 2023
Few Americans Have Gotten the New Covid Shots, C.D.C. Finds
New York Times, Oct 27, 2023
California officials confirm 2 cases of dengue, a mosquito-borne illness
Seattle Times, Nov 3, 2023
Koi emerges as new source of souring relations between Japan and China
Seattle Times, Nov 10, 2023
Measles Cases Climb Across the Globe
New York Times, Nov 16, 2023
Everything You Learned About Thanksgiving Is Wrong
New York Times, Nov 21, 2017
U.N. confirms sexual spread of mpox in Congo for the 1st time as country sees a record outbreak
Seattle Times, Nov 24, 2023

Virus-related Books

And the Band Played On by Randy Shilts
ISBN: 0312374631
Publication Date: 2007-11-27
Shilts' expose revealed why AIDS was allowed to spread unchecked during the early 80's while the most trusted institutions ignored or denied the threat.
Polio by David M. Oshinsky
ISBN: 0195152948
Publication Date: 2005-04-12
The gripping story of the polio terror and of the intense effort to find a cure, from the March of Dimes to the discovery of the Salk and Sabin vaccines--and beyond.
The Great Influenza by John M. Barry
ISBN: 0143036491
Publication Date: 2005-10-04
At the height of WWI, history’s most lethal influenza virus erupted in an army camp in Kansas, moved east with American troops, then exploded, killing as many as 100 million people worldwide.
Spillover by David Quammen
ISBN: 0393346617
Publication Date: 2013-09-09
Ebola, SARS, Hendra, AIDS, and countless other deadly viruses all have one thing in common: the bugs that transmit these diseases all originate in wild animals and pass to humans by a process called spillover.
The Origins of AIDS by Jacques Pepin
ISBN: 0521186374
Publication Date: 2011-09-01
Jacques Pepin looks back to the early twentieth-century events in Africa that triggered the emergence of HIV/AIDS and traces its subsequent development into the most dramatic and destructive epidemic of modern times.
Pox Americana by Elizabeth Anne Fenn
ISBN: 0809078201
Publication Date: 2001-10-20
The astonishing, hitherto unknown truths about a disease that transformed the United States at its birth
The Evolution and Emergence of RNA Viruses by Edward C. Holmes
ISBN: 9780199211135
Publication Date: 2009-08-31
Provides a comprehensive overview of RNA virus evolution, with a particular focus on genomic and phylogenetic approaches.
How the Cows Turned Mad by Maxime Schwartz; Edward Schneider (Translator); Marion Nestle (Foreword by)
ISBN: 0520243374
Publication Date: 2004-09-01
A gripping biological detective story that traces the history of mad cow disease and related infectious brain diseases of livestock and people.
Rabid by Bill Wasik; Monica Murphy
ISBN: 0670023736
Publication Date: 2012-07-19
The history, science, and cultural mythology of rabies.
The Hot Zone by Richard Preston
ISBN: 0385479565
Publication Date: 1995-07-20
A highly infectious, deadly virus from the central African rain forest suddenly appears in the suburbs of Washington, D.C.
Smallpox by D. A. Henderson; Richard Preston (Foreword by)
ISBN: 1591027225
Publication Date: 2009-06-23
Dr. Henderson offers the inside story of how he led the World Health Organization's campaign to eradicate smallpox--the only disease in history to have been deliberately eliminated.
Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson
ISBN: 9780689838583
Publication Date: 2000-09-01
Historical fiction account of Yellow Fever epidemic in Philadelphia. Written for young adults.