Of mice, men, and microbes : hantavirus /

In May 1993, a cluster of cases of a lethal disease among healthy young people brought the attention of the world to the southwestern deserts. A previously unknown disease was killing up to 80% of the people it infected. The reaction in the area and across the nation mixed fear, lack of information,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Harper, David R. (David Richard)
Otros Autores: Meyer, Andrea S.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: San Diego : Academic Press, �1999.
Temas:
Hantavirus infections > Four Corners Region.
Epidemics.
Hantaviruses.
Pandemics.
Hantavirus Infections > epidemiology
Disease Outbreaks
Orthohantavirus
Epidemics
Pandemics
Hantaviroses > Quatre Coins, R�egion des.
Pand�emies.
Hantavirus.
�Epid�emies.
epidemics.
pandemics.
MEDICAL > Preventive Medicine.
MEDICAL > Forensic Medicine.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
Hantaviruses
Hantavirus infections
Southwestern United States
United States > Four Corners Region
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The heart of America, the middle of nowhere
  • An outbreak of fear
  • Unraveling the mystery
  • Putting the puzzle together
  • Of mice and men
  • At last, a plan
  • Hantaviruses : out of Asia
  • Other hantaviruses
  • Three billion years
  • On the origin of viruses
  • Changes, concealment, and Trojan horses
  • Cousins
  • What we know
  • How to stop a virus
  • Outbreaks.

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