Microbe: Are We Ready for the Next Plague? Pdf

Book Detail
Edition: 1
Release: 2005-06-28
Publisher: AMACOM
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN/ASIN: 0814408656
Format: hardcover, kindle, PDF, EPUB

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"As the human population explodes and globalization continues, diseases can spread from one country to another as fast as an airplane can fly. Whether a virus is unintentionally released via our modern transportation system, or deliberately by terrorists, even a small scale biological "event" could have a profound effect on our society. Yet our current public health system is completely unprepared to detect and respond quickly enough to avert a disease-related crisis. "Microbe" does more than detail the threats that face us today. Containing riveting accounts of barely averted catastrophes (including outbreaks of West Nile virus, SARS, and hantavirus), the book examines the disjointed, ineffective system we all rely upon to keep us alive and healthy. More important, the book presents a solution to stop outbreaks and minimize the impact of an epidemic. Illustrated with two hypothetical stories (an outbreak of bird flu in Southern California and a bioterrorism attack in Denver). "Microbe Download Microbe for free via rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared, dropBox, uploading, fileserve

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