Six Modern Plagues and How We Are Causing Them

Name: Six Modern Plagues and How We Are Causing Them
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ISBN: 9781559637145

ISBN-10: 1559637145

ISBN-13: 9781559637145

Edition: 2nd 2003

Authors: Mark Jerome Walters

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A number of epidemics have appeared during the last few years as mysterious yet deadly risks to human health. Written for the general reader, this volume provides an authoritative perspective on the subject and explains how human activity may have inadvertently caused such diseases as the West Nile virus.

Book details

List price: $33.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Island Press
Publication date: 8/31/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English



Introduction



The Dark Side of Progress: Mad Cow Disease



A Chimp Called Amandine: HIV/AIDS



The Travels of Antibiotic Resistance: Salmonella DT104



Of Old Growth and Arthritis: Lyme Disease



A Spring to Die For: Hantavirus



A Virus from the Nile


Epilogue: SARS and Beyond


Notes


Acknowledgments


Index