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Edition: 1
Release: 2013-09-01
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Binding: Paperback
ISBN/ASIN: 019989812X
Format: hardcover, kindle, PDF, EPUB
Pandemics pdf
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The word conjures up apocalyptic images in the public imagination, visions of horrific diseases rapidly sweeping the globe and killing any with whom they come into contact. But such highly lethal illnesses almost never create pandemics, writes Peter C. Doherty. The reality, if deadly serious, is far subtler. In Pandemics, Doherty, who won the Nobel Prize for his work on how the immune system recognizes virus-infected cells, offers an essential guide to one of the truly life-or-death issues of our age. Step by step, he examines the causes of pandemics, explains how they can be counteracted with vaccines and drugs, and outlines how we can better prepare for them in the future.
The term "pandemic," Doherty notes, refers to a disease spreading rapidly over a wide geographical area, rather than to its severity. Especially lethal pathogens make their presence known quickly, and are usually quickly confined. Nevertheless, the rise of high-speed transportation networks and the globali Download Pandemics for free via rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared, dropBox, uploading, fileserve
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