This work examines the emergence and causes of new diseases all over the world, describing a process called "spillover" where illness originates in wild animals before being passed to humans and discusses the potential for the next huge pandemic. The emergence of strange new dis…
Viruses, pandemics, and immunity
by Chakraborty, Arup, Shaw, Andrey S., Stork, Philip J. S.
"Informed and accessible overview of viruses and pandemics, how our immune system combats them, and how diagnostic tests, vaccines, and antiviral therapies work to form the foundation of public health."--
Viruses, pandemics, and immunity
by Chakraborty, Arup, Shaw, Andrey S., Stork, Philip J. S.
Conquering a pandemic that raged from antiquity to the 18th century -- Discovery of infectious disease-causing microbes and the dawn of the modern era of vaccines -- Viruses and the emergence of pandemics -- Immunity -- Spread and mitigation of pandemics -- Antiviral therapies -…
How viruses emerge to cause pandemics, how our immune system combats them, and how diagnostic tests, vaccines, and antiviral therapies work. Throughout history, humans have contended with pandemics. History is replete with references to plagues, pestilence, and contagion, but th…
Viruses, pandemics, and immunity
by Chakraborty, Arup, Shaw, Andrey S., Stork, Philip J. S.
"Informed and accessible overview of viruses and pandemics, how our immune system combats them, and how diagnostic tests, vaccines, and antiviral therapies work to form the foundation of public health."--
Viruses, pandemics, and immunity
by Chakraborty, Arup, Shaw, Andrey S., Stork, Philip J. S.
"Informed and accessible overview of viruses and pandemics, how our immune system combats them, and how diagnostic tests, vaccines, and antiviral therapies work to form the foundation of public health"--
Viruses, pandemics, and immunity
by Chakraborty, Arup, Shaw, Andrey S., Stork, Philip J. S.
"Informed and accessible overview of viruses and pandemics, how our immune system combats them, and how diagnostic tests, vaccines, and antiviral therapies work to form the foundation of public health."--
As a panicked world goes into lockdown in March 2020, Lucy Barton is uprooted from her life in Manhattan and bundled away to a small town in Maine by her ex-husband and on-again, off-again friend, William. She expected to be back in a week or two. Weeks turn into moths, and it'…
The nature of pandemics
The nature of pandemics
"The ongoing COVID-19 disater-and the universal realization of the unceasing threat of even worse pandemics in the future-has resulted in a wealth of books, scientific papers, and journalistic analyses on the politics, medicine, and human tragedy of recent events. The Nature of …
The nature of pandemics
Politics, Economics, and Egos: When Agendas Conflict-A West African Case Study / John Jordan -- The Socioeconomic and Security Challenges in Responding to Medical Emergencies - Pandemics or Disasters - in Post-Conflict Society: The Liberian Ebola and COVID-19 Pandemic Experience…
The nature of pandemics
"The ongoing COVID-19 disater-and the universal realization of the unceasing threat of even worse pandemics in the future-has resulted in a wealth of books, scientific papers, and journalistic analyses on the politics, medicine, and human tragedy of recent events. The Nature of …
The nature of pandemics
"The ongoing COVID-19 disater-and the universal realization of the unceasing threat of even worse pandemics in the future-has resulted in a wealth of books, scientific papers, and journalistic analyses on the politics, medicine, and human tragedy of recent events. The Nature of …
Pandemics: a very short introduction
"The 2014 Ebola epidemic demonstrated the power of pandemics and their ability not only to destroy lives locally but also to capture the imagination and terrify the world. Christian W. McMillen provides a concise yet comprehensive account of pandemics throughout human history, i…
Scientists agree that a pathogen is likely to cause a global pandemic in the near future. But which one? And how? Over the past fifty years, more than three hundred infectious diseases have either newly emerged or reemerged. Ninety percent of epidemiologists expect that one of t…
Pandemic societies
Pandemic societies
"At the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, many thought the changes taking place would be fleeting. It is now widely recognized that COVID-19 will not be the last pandemic in our highly interconnected world, and "pandemic societies" will be with us for some time. Pandemic Societie…
COVID-19 Infection -- Risk Factors -- Impact on Healthcare Workers and Hospitals -- Impact on Primary Care and Specialty Care -- Telemedicine -- COVID-19 Truths, Lies and Consequences -- Persistent Medical Problems -- The Way Forward. "The primary symptoms of mild and moderate …