Six modern plagues : and how we are causing them / Mark Jerome Walters.
Material type: TextPublication details: Washington, D.C. ; London : Island, 2004.Edition: [New ed.]Description: 212 p. ; 21 cmISBN:- 9781559637145 (pbk.) :
- 1559637145 (pbk.)
- 6 modern plagues and how we are causing them [Other title]
- 614.42 22
- 614.4 22
- RA653 .W34 2004
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Previous ed.: Washington, D.C.: Shearwater, 2003.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The darkside 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.
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.
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