Central America, smallpox in, 83
(^) chickens, avian leukosis in, 48 – 49
(^) chimpanzees, HIV and, 74 – 75
(^) China: SARS and, 75 – 77 ; smallpox prevention in, 83
(^) cholera: bacteriophages and, 36 , 43 ; cause of, 43 , 45
(^) civets, SARS and, 76 – 77
(^) climate: marine organisms and, 43 ; West Nile virus and, 69 – 70
(^) cloning, 47
(^) Collins, James, 38 – 39
(^) Columbus, Christopher, 66 , 82
(^) common cold, 9 – 13. See also rhinovirus
(^) coronaviruses, 76
(^) cough syrup, dangers of, 11
(^) Crohn disease, immune system and, 13
(^) cystic fibrosis, virus-hunting expedition and, 2 – 3
(^) cytokines, common cold and, 11
Darwin, Charles, 45
(^) Dede (Indonesian boy), 24 – 25 , 27
(^) Delbruck, Max, 38
(^) Democratic Republic of Congo, HIV and, 59 – 60
(^) DNA: avian leukosis and, 48 – 49 ; bacteriophages and, 35 – 36 , 38 – 39 , 44 – 45 ; cell division and, 26 ;
cervical tumors and, 25 ; cystic fibrosis studies and, 2 ; endogenous retroviruses and, 50 , 51 – 52 ;
human evolution and, 28 ; human reproduction and, 18 , 47 ; jumping, 52 ; mimiviruses and, 92 ;
origins of life and, 93 – 94 ; protein-coding genes in, 52 ; virus genomes and, 91
(^) Dochez, Alphonse, 10
(^) Dover, White Cliffs of, 43
(^) dysentery, bacteriophages and, 34 , 36
Ebers Papyrus, 9 , 11
(^) Ebola virus: outbreaks of, 77 ; picture of, 72
(^) E. coli. See Escherichia coli
(^) Egypt, ancient medical texts and, 9