Six modern plagues and how we are causing them / Mark Jerome Walters.

By: Walters, Mark Jerome Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Washington : Island Press/Shearwater Books, ©2003. Description: 1 online resource (206 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 1417539658; 9781417539659; 155963992X; 9781559639927; 9781597266260; 1597266264Subject(s): Epidemiology -- Popular works | Environmental health -- Popular works | Human ecology -- Popular works | MEDICAL -- Health Risk Assessment | MEDICAL -- Epidemiology | Environmental health | Epidemiology | Human ecology | Epidemiology | Environmental Health | Environmental health Popular works | Epidemiology Popular works | Human ecology Popular worksGenre/Form: Electronic books. | Popular works. | Electronic book. | Popular Work. Additional physical formats: Print version:: Six modern plagues and how we are causing them.DDC classification: 614.4 LOC classification: RA653 | .W34 2003ebNLM classification: 2004 H-221 | WA 105Other classification: MAT 440f Online resources: Click here to access online

Contents:

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.

Action note: digitized 2010 committed to preserveSummary: 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.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-190) and index.

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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.

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