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RECORD NUMBER: 2553 OF 2903Main Title | Six modern plagues and how we are causing them / | |||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Collation | 206 pages ; 22 cm | |||||||||||||||||||||
Notes | Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-190) and index. |
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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. |