Bibliograph

The coming plague, newly emerging diseases in a world out of balance, Laurie Garrett

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The coming plague, newly emerging diseases in a world out of balance, Laurie Garrett

Language

eng

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illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The coming plague

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

30701925

Responsibility statement

Laurie Garrett

Sub title

newly emerging diseases in a world out of balance

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- Machupo: Bolivian hemorragic fever -- Health transition: the age of optimism, setting out to eradicate disease -- Monkey kidneys and the ebbing tides: Marburg virus, yellow fever, and the Brazilian meningitis epidemic -- Into the woods: lassa fever -- Yambuku: Ebola -- The American bicentennial: swine flu and Legionnaires' Disease -- N'zara: lassa, ebola, and the developing world's economic and social policies -- Revolution: genetic engineering and the discovery of oncogenesMicrobe Magnets: urban centers of disease -- Distant thunder: sexually transmitted diseases and injecting drug users -- Hatari: vinidogodogo (danger: a very little thing): the origins of AIDS -- Feminine hygiene (as debated, mostly, by men): toxic shock syndrome -- The revenge of the germs, or just keep inventing new drugs: drug-resistant bacteria, viruses, and parasites -- Thirdworldization: the interactions of poverty, poor housing, and social despair with disease -- All in good haste: hantaviruses in AmericaNature and homo sapiens: seal plague, cholera, global warming, biodiversity, and the microbial soup -- Searching for solutions: preparedness, surveillance, and the new understanding -- Afterword

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