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Global Flu and You
George Dehner
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Description for Global Flu and You
Hardcover. Influenza pandemics are not a new phenomenon; humans have a long history with the influenza virus. This book traces the origins of the disease and outlines the social and cultural changes that have enabled it to become an endemic threat to human health. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: MJCJ; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 363.
Chills, fever, weakness and fatigue are classic symptoms of what is commonly termed the flu. While the symptoms themselves seem harmlessly close to the common cold, influenza can fatally spread around the world in seasonal epidemics, resulting in the deaths of between 250,000 and 500,000 people every year, devastating millions in pandemics. Recent years have seen an increased interest in and concern with pandemic influenza. The recurrance of the Spanish Flu virus, the appearance and sporadic spread of Bird Flu and the unexpected Swine Flu have heightened attention to the dangers it poses. What has generally been overlooked in current ... Read more
Chills, fever, weakness and fatigue are classic symptoms of what is commonly termed the flu. While the symptoms themselves seem harmlessly close to the common cold, influenza can fatally spread around the world in seasonal epidemics, resulting in the deaths of between 250,000 and 500,000 people every year, devastating millions in pandemics. Recent years have seen an increased interest in and concern with pandemic influenza. The recurrance of the Spanish Flu virus, the appearance and sporadic spread of Bird Flu and the unexpected Swine Flu have heightened attention to the dangers it poses. What has generally been overlooked in current ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780230283
SKU
V9781780230283
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
About George Dehner
George Dehner is Assistant Professor in the Department of History at Wichita State University, Kansas. He is author of Influenza: A Century of Science and Public Health Response (2012).
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