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Pandemics

By Doherty

Pandemics

By Doherty

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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 HIV/AIDS and hepatitis C.

In Pandemics: What Everyone Needs to Know, Nobel Prize-winning immunologist Peter C. Doherty addresses the history of pandemics and explores the ones that persist today. He considers what promotes global spread, the types of pathogens most present today and the level of threat they pose, and how to combat outbreaks and mitigate their effects.

Concise and informative, Pandemics will serve as the best compact consideration of this topic, written by a major authority in the field.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
268
Release Date:
2013-08-30
Publication Date:
2012-01-26
Publisher:
ACADEMIC
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0199898103
ISBN13:
9780199898107
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
472 g
Height:
145 cm
Width:
222 cm
Thickness:
18 cm
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