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Microbe : are we ready for the next plague? / Alan P. Zelicoff, Michael Bellomo.

Zelicoff, Alan P., 1953- (Author). Bellomo, Michael. (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 0814408656 (hardcover)
Physical Description: xii, 273 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Publisher: New York : American Management Association, [2005]
Copyright: ©2005

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

1. The birds that fell from the sky : West Nile virus -- 2. Corona of death : SARS -- 3. Arroyo muerte : sin nombre hantavirus -- 4. Outbreaks, reservoirs, and dead end hosts -- 5. Shards of glass in the brain : bovine spongiform encephalopathy (Mad Cow) -- 6. Out of the shadows : legionella pneumophila (Legionnaire's disease) -- 7. An ill wind : smallpox -- 8. Natural born killers : why some germs stay bad -- 9. Something in the water : cholera, cryptosporidiosis -- 10. When hours count, but days don't matter : anthrax -- 11. Healer, heal thyself : curing what ails the public health system -- 12. Project BIOWATCH : plague vials vanish in Texas -- 13. A new weapon in the fight -- 14. DNA-based vaccines -- 15. Three ounces of prevention : scenarios involving avian bird flu, bioterrorism using smallpox -- 16. Into a crystal ball, darkly : a look at the future -- Appendix. Letter by e-mail to Lev Sandakchiev -- Glossary.

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