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Pandemics: What Everyone Needs to Know®
Peter C. Doherty
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Description for Pandemics: What Everyone Needs to Know®
Paperback. Series: What Everyone Needs to Know. Num Pages: 272 pages, maps, figures. BIC Classification: MBN; MBS; MJCJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 206 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 296.
From HIV to H1N1, pandemics pose one of the greatest threats to global health in the twenty-first century. Defined as epidemics of infectious disease across large geographic areas, pandemics can disseminate globally with incredible speed as humans and goods move faster than ever before. While vaccines, drugs, quarantine, and education can reduce the severity of many outbreaks, factors such as global warming, population density, and antibiotic resistance have complicated our ability to fight disease. Respiratory infections like influenza and SARS spread quickly as a consequence of modern, mass air travel, while unsafe health practices promote the spread of viruses like ... Read more
From HIV to H1N1, pandemics pose one of the greatest threats to global health in the twenty-first century. Defined as epidemics of infectious disease across large geographic areas, pandemics can disseminate globally with incredible speed as humans and goods move faster than ever before. While vaccines, drugs, quarantine, and education can reduce the severity of many outbreaks, factors such as global warming, population density, and antibiotic resistance have complicated our ability to fight disease. Respiratory infections like influenza and SARS spread quickly as a consequence of modern, mass air travel, while unsafe health practices promote the spread of viruses like ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Series
What Everyone Needs to Know
Condition
New
Weight
295 g
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780199898121
SKU
V9780199898121
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About Peter C. Doherty
Peter C. Doherty is the Chairman of the department of immunology at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, and a Laureate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Melbourne. He was the co-winner of the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1996 (with Rolf Zinkernagel) for discovery of how the immune system recognizes virus-infected cells, and is author of The ... Read more
Reviews for Pandemics: What Everyone Needs to Know®
"A gem of a book... Relevant biological, epidemiological and political concepts are explained and scientific cant illuminated in Q and A diversions.These include a most clear and pertinent précis of what immunity means, which is no mean feat. At the same time Doherty is not above asking (and then answering) earthier questions such as: 'What is snot?'" - Adam Jenney, ... Read more