Emerging biological threats : a reference guide / Joan R. Callahan.
"What biological agents should we truly be afraid of? Which have garnered more attention than they warrant? Emerging Biological Threats: A Reference Guide is the antidote for the confusion surrounding the potentially devastating impact of pathogens on the human community. Written by a frontline...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Greenwood Press,
©2010.
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| Summary: | "What biological agents should we truly be afraid of? Which have garnered more attention than they warrant? Emerging Biological Threats: A Reference Guide is the antidote for the confusion surrounding the potentially devastating impact of pathogens on the human community. Written by a frontline professional in epidemiology, it is the most authoritative yet engagingly written resource available on the real risks we face, and the countermeasures used to confront them. Emerging Biological Threats provides the information needed to understand significant direct threats to human health, as well as those that impact us indirectly by destroying livestock and crops. Focused primarily on the United States, it offers science-based yet accessible explorations of HIV, influenza, drug-resistant pathogens, tuberculosis, meningitis, and more. In addition, the book assesses current predictions about the future spread of various diseases as a result of climate change and overpopulation. The book concludes with chapters on relevant environmental and sociological trends and a discussion of current public health strategy."--Publisher's description. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 327 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780313372100 0313372101 3133720945 9783133720946 1282385933 9781282385931 9786612385933 6612385936 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |