| Description |
xii, 273 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Subject |
Epidemics.
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Communicable diseases.
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Bioterrorism.
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Disease Outbreaks -- prevention & control -- United States. |
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Population Surveillance -- United States. |
| Added Author |
Bellomo, Michael.
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| ISBN |
0814408656 (hardcover) |
| Standard No. |
NLM 101251323 |
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YDXCP 2167393 |
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