Screen LibraryOutbreak : science seeks safeguards for global health /
Authoritative texts that include interviews with experts, useful time lines, diagrams, glossaries, and more bring readers up to date on the latest findings concerning viruses and bacteria, how we have learned to fight the harmful ones and use the beneficial ones to improve our lives.
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| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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National Geographic investigates. |
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Authoritative texts that include interviews with experts, useful time lines, diagrams, glossaries, and more bring readers up to date on the latest findings concerning viruses and bacteria, how we have learned to fight the harmful ones and use the beneficial ones to improve our lives. |
| Carrier Form: | 64 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 26 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 60) and index. |
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9781426302633 (lib. bdg.) : 1426302630 (lib. bdg.) 9781426303579 (hbk.) 1426303572 (hbk.) |
| Index Number: | RA441 |
| CLC: | R18-49 |
| Call Number: | R18-49/P612 |
| Contents: | Profiling a killer : Raising the dead -- A global disaster -- Luck strikes -- A new killer -- Death from the sky -- More prepared -- Species jumping -- A future pandemic? -- Preparing for the worst -- Creating a plan -- Checklist for influenza pandemic preparedness -- Meet a microbiologist. The invisible world : "Totally fantastic creatures" -- Startling discovery -- Space invaders? -- Microbiology toolbox -- How viruses work. A modern plague : Attack on the immune system -- A continent under siege -- Vaccines -- The black death -- A new disease. Death from the rain forest : A deadly disease -- Searching for answers -- New drugs -- A medical triumph -- Sharing disease. A very real threat : Mousepox virus -- Bioweapons -- An age-old disease -- Black ICE. Bugs fly free : Panic at the airport -- The SARS scare -- Quarantine! -- Computers to the rescue. |