Contents

Foreword by Judy Diamond and Charles Wood

INTRODUCTION

“A Contagious Living Fluid”: Tobacco Mosaic Virus

OLD COMPANIONS

The Uncommon Cold
Rhinovirus

Looking Down from the Stars
Influenza Virus

Rabbits with Horns
Human Papillomavirus

EVERYWHERE, IN ALL THINGS

The Enemy of Our Enemy
Bacteriophages

The Infected Ocean
Marine Phages

Our Inner Parasites
Endogenous Retroviruses

THE VIRAL FUTURE

The Young Scourge
Human Immunodeficiency Virus

Becoming an American
West Nile Virus