Seven modern plagues and how we are causing them /

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"According to veterinarian and journalist Mark Walters, we are contributing to--if not overtly causing--some of the scariest epidemics of our time. Through human stories and cutting-edge science, Walters explores the origins of seven diseases: Mad Cow Disease, HIV/AIDS, Salmonella DT104, Lyme D...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Walters, Mark Jerome (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington : Island Press, [2014]
Temas:
Epidemiology > Popular works.
Human ecology > Popular works.
Environmental health > Popular works.
Environmental health.
Disease Outbreaks > prevention & control
Epidemics > economics
Environmental Health
Épidémiologie > Ouvrages de vulgarisation.
Écologie humaine > Ouvrages de vulgarisation.
Hygiène du milieu.
MEDICAL > Forensic Medicine.
MEDICAL > Preventive Medicine.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
Sciences de la terre.
Environnement.
Epidemiology.
Human ecology.
Popular Work
Popular works.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Dark Side of Progress: Mad Cow Disease
  • 2. A Chimp Called Amandine: HIV/AIDS
  • 3. The Travels of Antibiotic Resistance: Salmonella DT104 53
  • 4. Of Old Growth and Arthritis: Lyme Disease
  • 5. A Spring to Die For: Hantavirus
  • 6. A Virus from the Nile
  • 7. Birds, Pigs, and People: The Rise of Pandemic Flus
  • Epilogue: MERS-CoV and Beyond
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index.

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