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  • AIDS up to the Year 2000

    Epidemiological, Sociocultural and Economic Scenario Analysis, Scenario Report Commissioned by the Steering Committee on Future Health Scenarios

    by C.E.S. Albers, M.J. Postma, Scenario Committee on AIDS, J.C. de Jager, D.P. Reinkind, E.J. Ruitenberg, F.M.L.G. van den Boom ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    In March 1983 the Secretary of State for Welfare, Health and Cultural Affairs appointed the Steering Committee on Future Health Scenarios (STG). The task of the STG is to advise the Minister on the future of public health and health care in the long term in the Netherlands with a view to increasing the anticipatory capacity of government policy. Since 1983 the STG has set up a number of committees ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

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  • Pale Rider

    The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How It Changed the World

    by Laura Spinney ...
    **The haunting story of a virus that triggered the worst pandemic of modern times“Both a saga of tragedies and a detective story.” —The Guardian**The flu pandemic of 1918–1920 was one of the greatest human disasters of all time. It infected a third of the people on Earth—from the poorest immigrants of New York City to the king of Spain, Franz Kafka, Mahatma Gandhi, and Woodrow Wilson. But despite ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • Living with Germs:In sickness and in health

    In sickness and in health

    by John Playfair ...
    The word germ is defined as 'a microbe that causes disease'. The vast majority of microbes do not infect us at all: it is pathogens that make us ill. These include bacteria, viruses, protozoa, fungi, worms, and prions. Living with Germs not only looks at all of these in detail, but also at the defence mechanisms by which we come to terms with them, whether by eliminating them, stopping them from ... Read more

    $11.39 USD

  • Bioterrorism and Infectious Agents

    A New Dilemma for the 21st Century

    Edited by I.W. Fong, Kenneth Alibek ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    Since the terrorist attack on the United States on September 11, 2001 and subsequent cases of anthrax in Florida and New York City, attention has been focused on the threat of b- logical warfare and bioterrorism. Biological warfare agents are de?ned as “living org- isms, whatever their nature, or infected material derived from them, which are used for h- tile purposes and intended to cause disease ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Diseases of Poverty

    Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, and Modern Plagues

    by Lisa V. Adams, John R. Butterly ...
    Only a few decades ago, we were ready to declare victory over infectious diseases. Today, infectious diseases are responsible for significant morbidity and mortality throughout the world. This book examines the epidemiology and social impact of past and present infectious disease epidemics in the developing and developed world. In the introduction, the authors define global health as a discipline, ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Ebola

    Clinical Patterns, Public Health Concerns

    by Joseph R. Masci, Elizabeth Bass ...
    Ebola: Clinical Patterns, Public Health Concerns is a concise description and discussion of the Ebola virus and disease. The intended audience is medical practitioners, including those working in endemic areas as well as health-facility planners and public health practitioners. The book fills an important gap between large texts covering not only Ebola but other hemorrhagic fever viruses and brief ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • New Insights to Neuroimmune Biology

    Edited by Istvan Berczi ...
    New Insights to Neuroimmune Biology investigates the mechanisms that and functions of the Neuroimmune Regulatory Supersystem. Covering molecular regulation of cytokines in brain astrocytes, immunoregulation by the sympathetic nervous system, circadian regulation of immune reactions, antigen recognition by the CNS, the modulation of the immune response by head injury, neurogenic inflammation, the ... Read more

    $152.99 USD

  • Living with Germs

    In health and disease

    by John Playfair ...
    The word germ is defined as 'a microbe that causes disease'. The vast majority of microbes do not infect us at all: it is pathogens that make us ill. These include bacteria, viruses, protozoa, fungi, worms, and prions. Living with Germs not only looks at all of these in detail, but also at the defence mechanisms by which we come to terms with them, whether by eliminating them, stopping them from ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Antibiotics – Are They Curing Us or Killing Us?

    The Catastrophic Impact of the Over-prescription of Antibiotics on Our Health

    by John McKenna ...
    Antibiotics: Are they curing us or killing us? 'Without urgent, co-ordinated action by many stakeholders, the world is headed for a post-antibiotic era, in which common infections and minor injuries which have been treatable for decades can once again kill.' Dr Keiji Fukuda, World Health Organization For anyone reeling from this recent, shocking statement from WHO, Dr John McKenna is here to help. ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Infectious Diseases

    Selected Entries from the Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology

    Edited by Phyllis Kanki, D. Jay Grimes ...
    Infectious Diseases: Selected Entries from the Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology presents authoritative, peer-reviewed contributions from leading experts on a wide range of major infectious diseases of global importance. Infectious diseases account for more than 17 million deaths each year worldwide. While modern medicine and technology have diminished the threat of many of ... Read more

    $143.99 USD

  • Infectious Disease: A Very Short Introduction

    by Marta Wayne, Benjamin Bolker ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    As doctors and biologists have learned, to their dismay, infectious disease is a moving target: new diseases emerge every year, old diseases evolve into new forms, and ecological and socioeconomic upheavals change the transmission pathways by which disease spread. By taking an approach focused on the general evolutionary and ecological dynamics of disease, this Very Short Introduction provides a ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Cholera Outbreaks

    Edited by G. Balakrish Nair, Yoshifumi Takeda ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    The most feared attribute of the human pathogen Vibrio cholerae is its ability to cause outbreaks that spread like wildfire, completely overwhelming public health systems and causing widespread suffering and death. This volume starts with a description of the contrasting patterns of outbreaks caused by the classical and El Tor biotypes of V. cholerae. Subsequent chapters examine cholera outbreaks ... Read more

    $89.09 USD