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National Geographic Investigates: Outbreak Science Seeks Safeguards for Global Health

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ISBN-10: 1426302630

ISBN-13: 9781426302633

Edition: 2008

Authors: Charles Piddock

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Outbreaksprovides a fascinating introduction to the fight against infectious diseases, including scientists who discovered various viruses and bacteria. The text outlines how we have learned to fight nature’s harmful strains and to use others to our advantage; it also provides the latest findings on bird flu and SARS, Ebola and AIDS, and highly resistant strains of tuberculosis.Outbreaksgives readers the experts’ view on an area of science which is vital to the future health of mankind.
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Book details

List price: $27.90
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: National Geographic Society
Publication date: 8/12/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 64
Size: 6.88" wide x 10.00" long x 0.38" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Message From the Consultant
Map: The Spread of the H5N1 Virus
Under the Microscope
Timeline of Major Events Affecting Public Health
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
The Years Ahead
Glossary
Bibliography
Further Reading
On the Web
Index
About the Author and Consultant
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