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Main Title Six modern plagues and how we are causing them /
Author Walters, Mark Jerome.
Publisher Island Press/Shearwater Books,
Year Published 2003
OCLC Number 52575677
ISBN 155963992X; 9781559639927; 1559637145; 9781559637145
Subjects Epidemiology--Popular works ; Environmental health--Popular works ; Human ecology--Popular works ; Epidémiologie ; Virus ; Maladies infectieuses ; Ecologie humaine
Internet Access
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Publisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0631/2003015137-d.html
Holdings
Library Call Number Additional Info Location Last
Modified		 Checkout
Status
EKAM  RA653.W34 2003 Region 4 Library/Atlanta,GA 06/16/2021
EKBM  RA653.W34 2003 Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC 06/04/2004
EOAM  RA653.W34 2003 Region 8 Technical Library/Denver,CO 02/27/2004
ESAM  RA653.W34 2003 Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA 03/19/2004
Collation 206 pages ; 22 cm
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-190) and index.
Contents Notes
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. Discusses six new epidemics, exploring the connection between human changes to the natural environment and the appearance of West Nile virus, mad cow disease, HIV/AIDS, hantavirus, Lyme disease, a new strain of salmonella, and SARS.