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Eliava Institute of Bacteriophage, Microbiology, and Virology, 37, 38

Emiliania huxleyi virus, picture of, 40

encephalitis, West Nile virus and, 68

epidemics: bacteriophages and, 43; HIV as mystery and, 57

Escherichia coli: bacteriophages and, 35, 36, 38, 39; picture of, 32

Ethiopia, smallpox in, 86

evolution: animal-to-human leap of viruses and, 74–75; bacteriophages and, 38; HIV and, 61–62; human papillomavirus and, 27, 30; of influenza, 17–20; marine microbes and, 45; marine viruses and, 43, 44; of rhinovirus, 12

Food and Drug Administration, 11

Forterre, Patrick, 93

García-Ruiz, Juan Manuel, 2

genetics: genetic engineering and, 38–39; gene transfer and, 44–45, 47, 50; history of genes and, 45; identity and, 47; influenza and, 18; viruses in human genome and, 47–48

Global Viral Forecasting Initiative (GVFI), 74, 77

Gottschling, Marc, 27

Goulder, Philip, 62

Gustave Roussy Institute, 51

GVFI (Global Viral Forecasting Initiative). See Global Viral Forecasting Initiative (GVFI)

H1N1 virus, 19–20

H5N1 virus, 17

Haiti, HIV and, 60

Heidmann, Thierry, 51, 52

Herelle, Felix d’, 34–37, 42–43

HERV-K[con] virus, 52

Hill, Leonard, 10, 11

Hippocrates, 10

HIV: death toll of, 56; early recognition of, 55–56, 57; effects of, 56–57; evolution and, 61–62; genome of, 89; global spread of, 59–60, 66, 77; mutations and, 61–62; origins of, 57, 58–60, 74–75; picture of, 54; prevention and treatment of, 60–61; transmission of, 56

Ho, David, 59

horses, papillomavirus in, 27

host cells: alteration of by viruses, 25–26, 45; cancer and, 48; picture of, 32; production of viruses and, 5, 10–11, 13, 18, 26–27, 44, 48

human immunodeficiency viruses. See HIV

human papillomavirus: cervical cancer and, 25–26; evolution of, 30; global distribution of, 66; history of, 27–29; horned rabbits and, 23–25; incidence of, 28–29; picture of, 22; reproduction of, 25–27; vaccine for, 29–30

hunting, testing for viruses and, 73–74, 77–78

immune system: avian leukosis, 49; common cold and, 11, 13; influenza and, 16–17; West Nile virus and, 67–68. See also specific immune disorders, vaccinations

influenza: death toll of, 15–16, 75; etymology of word and, 15; evolution of, 17–20; genome of, 91; manufactured, 85; migration and, 66; natural history of, 15, 17–19; picture of, 14; secondary infections and, 16; transmission of, 16, 18, 19–20; vaccines and, 20. See also specific strains of

Intensified Smallpox Eradication Programme, 85

International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses, 92

Israel, West Nile virus in, 68

jackalope, 23–24, 30, 48

Jenner, Edward, 83–84

Joseph I (emperor of Austria), 82

Katzourakis, Aris, 50

Kruse, Walter, 10

La Scola, Bernard, 90–91, 92

lentiviruses, 58

leukocytes, avian. See avian leukosis

Lewis, Sinclair, 36

life, origins of, 93

Lipkin, Ian, 12, 66

L’Oreal, 36

Los Alamos National Laboratory, 59

Lu, Tim, 38–39

Luria, Salvador, 38

Lwoff, Andre, 92

Mackay, Ian, 12

Malaysia, avian leukosis and, 49

marine viruses, 41–45

Marx, Preston, 58

Mary II (queen of England), 82

Mayer, Adolph, 3–4

McNamara, Tracey, 65–66

Merck (pharmaceutical company), HIV vaccine and, 61

Mexico: Cave of Crystals in, 1–2; swine flu and, 19–20

microbes, as geoengineers, 43

migration: human papillomavirus and, 27, 66; Old and New World and, 66–67, 68–69, 82–83; West Nile virus and, 66–67, 68

mimiviruses, 88, 89–94

monkeys, testing for viruses and, 73–74, 77

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 55–56

mosquitoes, West Nile virus and, 67–68, 69

mutations: APOBEC3 protein and, 52; drug resistance and, 38; HIV and, 61–62; HPV and, 29–30; influenza and, 17, 19; retroviruses and, 50, 51; rhinoviruses and, 12–13; viruses hobbled by, 44, 50

Native Americans, migration and disease and, 66, 82

Nelmes, Sarah, 83–84

Netherlands, tobacco mosaic disease in, 3

Nipah virus, 77

Nobel Prize, 24, 25

Noe, Arvid, 58

oceans, continuum of life and, 93