Describes and analyzes the transformations in global mechanisms for monitoring infectious disease outbreaks that have occurred since the mid-1990s. This book examines early warning outbreak detection, which operates electronically through the Internet to identify infectious dise…
Accounts of field investigations, with much related personal information, written by scientists working in the field of epidemiology.
Accounts of field investigations, with much related personal information, written by scientists working in the field of epidemiology.
"Biological invasions occur when species move into and become established in environments that they have not previously occupied. Deriving general principles from biological case studies, this book provides a clear and accessible exposition of the mathematical models of biologic…
The impact of globalization on infectious disease emergence and control: exploring the consequences and opportunities : wo…
by Institute of Medicine (U.S.)., Board on Global Health, Institute of Medicine (U.S.)., Forum on Microbial Threats, Knobler, Stacey, Mahmoud, Adel A. F., Lemon, Stanley M.
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"The euphoria about the defeat of epidemics which surrounded the global eradication of smallpox in the 1970s proved short-lived. The advent of AIDS in the following decade, the widening spectrum of other newly-emergent diseases (from Ebola to Hanta virus), and the resurgence of …
World atlas of epidemic diseases
Preface Part 1 Introduction Part 2 The Classic Plagues, I Part 3 The Classic Plagues, II Part 4 Persistent Scourges Part 5 Children's Diseases Part 6 Winter and Seasonal Ailments Part 7 Tropical Diseases I Part 8 Tropical Diseases II Part 9 Vaccine-Preventable Diseases Part 10 N…
"The euphoria about the defeat of epidemics which surrounded the global eradication of smallpox in the 1970s proved short-lived. The advent of AIDS in the following decade, the widening spectrum of other newly-emergent diseases (from Ebola to Hanta virus), and the resurgence of …
In 1918, a pandemic strain of influenza killed at least 40 million people in three months. Now, leading researchers believe, another world catastrophe is imminent. The World Health Organization warns that the "bird flu" is on the verge of mutating into a super-contagious pandemi…