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Hepatitis B: The Hunt for a Killer Virus Baruch S. Blumberg
Hepatitis B: The Hunt for a Killer Virus
Baruch S. Blumberg
About 375 million people are infected with the hepatitis B virus. The discovery of this virus and the vaccine against it was one of the triumphs of twentieth-century medicine. This book describes how Baruch Blumberg and a team of researchers found a virus they were not looking for and created a vaccine for a disease they knew little about.
266 pages, black & white illustrations
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | November 16, 2003 |
| ISBN13 | 9780691116235 |
| Publishers | Princeton University Press |
| Pages | 264 |
| Dimensions | 152 × 233 × 17 mm · 388 g |
| Language | English |