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The hot zone / by Preston, Richard,1954-;

The shadow of Mount Elgon -- The monkey house -- Smashdown -- Kitum Cave.

Subjects: Ebola virus disease; Ebola virus disease; Primates as laboratory animals.; Virus Diseases; Virus Diseases; Ebola Virus.; Monkey Diseases; Monkey Diseases;

© c1994., Random House,

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Ebola : an evolving story / by Lyons-Weiler, James.;

Includes bibliographical references and index.Origins of the epidemic : The wee beastie ; The molecular battlefield -- How well do we understand the 2014 Ebolavirus? : Phylogenies are not data ; Evolution caught red-handed -- Ways in which Ebola Guinea may differ from past outbreaks: evolution of viral phenotypes : "Going airborne" ; Shifting other routes of transmission ; Replicating more slowly ; Asymptomatic transmission ; Change in host tissue virulence patterns, and primary mode of death -- Biological knowledge and Ebola policy : Indirect transmissions ; MRSA indirect transmission analogy ; Doctors and nurses, the first line of defense ; Reverse white coat syndrome? -- "How cruel is that?" : "How cruel is that?" -- With blinded eyes -- Are we asking the right questions and solving all the right problem(s)? : "We are prepared to handle an Ebola outbreak in the United States" ; Early diagnosis to protect the public health -- Evolution is real: deadly consequences of dogma -- Promising treatments : Vaccine development ; Pharmaceutical hopefuls ; Managing the spread via "Ebola-free zones" ; Treating the reservoir hosts ; Hemopurification (dialysis) -- Policy analysis : Probabilities and modes of transmission ; Self-monitoring, Self quarantine, or mandatory quarantine? ; No mutations? ; Can humans get Ebola from dogs? ; Policy assessment ; Conclusions ; Recommendations -- A rational analysis of irrational decisions, or don't fear the reaper : Don't fear the reaper ; Fear and government policy -- Appendix 1 : (a) Penalties for persons violating quarantine laws -- Appendix 2: Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) clinical outcomes data form -- Epilogue : February, 2015 -- March, 2015 -- Treating vascular leakage."The book is a narrative of the unfolding of the Ebola virus disease outbreak from a scientific view point. The author provides an analysis of the scientific basis of public health policies that have influenced the public's, and the medical community's, abilities to understand the virus and the disease. This is done in the context of providing insights into the biology of the virus, and exploring open questions, including its likely modes of transmission. The author has included citations from the scientific literature and the press, as well as quotes from expert interviews. The book will help sort out the fact from fiction, given the confusion that arose after the virus arrived in the US. The author used his objective research skills and knowledge of evolutionary genetics and molecular biology to find out what was known, and what questions remained unanswered, and even what questions remained unasked. Written in an accessible style, it is intended for the educated general public, scientists, policy makers, health care workers, and politicians. It delves into the problems of trying to derive a logic-based understanding of a highly lethal emerging disease in 2014, when research funding cuts have gutted research institutions, and when public health institutions really were woefully unprepared. It is a highly distinct narrative analysis that is sure to stimulate new research and thinking in public policy. It will inform thousands of people of the nature of the virus, how it works, in terms they are likely to be able to understand. It will allow others to rapidly catch up with the story of Ebola." -- Publisher's description

Subjects: Ebola virus disease.; Ebola virus disease; Ebola virus disease; Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola.; Ebolavirus.;

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A planet of viruses / by Zimmer, Carl,1966-;

Includes bibliographical references (p. 97-101) and index.Explore the hidden world of viruses, a world that each of us inhabits. Here the author, science writer and author of Discover magazine's blog The Loom, presents the latest research on how viruses hold sway over our lives and our biosphere, how viruses helped give rise to the first life forms, how viruses are producing new diseases, how we can harness viruses for our own ends, and how viruses will continue to control our fate for years to come. In this eye-opening tour through the frontiers of biology, where scientists are expanding our understanding of life as we know it, we learn that some treatments for the common cold do more harm to us than good; that the world's oceans are home to an astonishing number of viruses; and that the evolution of HIV is now in overdrive, spawning more mutated strains than we care to imagine.

Subjects: Viruses.; Rhinoviruses.; Influenza.; Human papillomavirus (HPV); Bacteriophages.; Marine phages; Retroviruses.; HIV (Viruses); West Nile virus.; SARS (Disease); Ebola virus disease.;

© 2012., University of Chicago Press,

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No time to lose : a life in pursuit of deadly viruses / by Piot, Peter,1949-; Marshall, Ruth,1961-;

A blue flask of virus -- Adventure at last -- The mission in Yambuku -- Ebola -- A pseudo outbreak and a helicopter -- The big team -- From Ebola to sex and the transmission of infection -- America and back -- Nairobi -- A new epidemic -- Project SIDA -- Yambuku one more time -- The unfolding of an epidemic -- Changing of the guard -- An international bureaucrat -- Sharks in the water -- Getting the basics right -- The lesson of the chameleon/bringing together the brilliant coalition -- The tipping point -- The price of life -- A war chest for AIDS -- An unfinished agenda.A microbiologist describes his adventure-filled career, discussing his time spent in Central Africa in the 1970s identifying the Ebola virus and his work there again in the 1980s as part of the area's first international AIDS efforts.

Subjects: Piot, Peter, 1949-; Diagnostic microbiology.; Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS.; Communicable diseases; Communicable diseases; Medical virology.; Ebola virus disease; Virology.; AIDS (Disease); Piot, Peter, 1949-; Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS.; Virology; Virology; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola; Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola; History, 20th Century; History, 20th Century; History, 21st Century; History, 21st Century; International Cooperation; International Cooperation;

© c2012., W.W. Norton & Co.,

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Emerging infectious diseases sourcebook : basic consumer health information about the immune system, facts about the spread of diseases, information on emerging infectious diseases such as avian influenza, chikungunya, cryptococcus gattii infection, ebola virus disease (EVD), lassa fever, lyme disease, nipah virus infection (NVI), severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), yellow fever, and zika fever, and the impact of climate change on the outbreak of diseases, international travel guidance, diagnostic tests, and treatment methods, along with preventing infectious diseases, a glossary of related medical terms, and a directory of sources for further help and information. by Omnigraphics, Inc.,issuing body.;

Includes bibliographical references and index.Pt. 1. What you need to know about infectious diseases -- pt. 2. Types of emerging and reemerging infectious diseases -- pt. 3. Emerging infectious diseases risk due to climate change -- pt. 4. International travel and infectious diseases -- pt. 5. Medical diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases -- pt. 6. Preventing infectious diseases -- pt. 7. Additional help and information"Provides basic consumer health information about the immune system, facts about the spread of disease, information on emerging infectious diseases, international travel guidance, diagnostic tests, treatment methods, and prevention and vaccination programs, along with reports on current research initiatives and additional resources"--

Subjects: Communicable diseases; Communicable Diseases.;

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The Gale Encyclopedia of Emerging Diseases / by Hiam, Deirdre S.,1978-editor.; Gale (Firm);

Includes bibliographical references and index.Adenovirus-14 -- African trypanosomiasis -- Akhmeta virus disease -- Alkhurma hemorrhagic fever -- American trypanosomiasis (Chagas disease) -- Anthrax -- Antibiotic/antimicrobial resistance -- Arthropod-borne diseases -- Bacterial diseases -- Balamuthia infection -- Botulism -- Brucellosis -- Bushmeat -- California encephalitis -- Candida auris Infection -- Cassava mosaic disease -- Chapare -- Chikungunya virus -- Cholera -- Climate change -- Clostridioides difficile -- Coffee rust -- Conflict and forced migration -- COVID-19 -- Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever -- Cryptosporidiosis -- Cysticercosis/Taeniasis -- Dengue fever and severe dengue -- Diphtheria -- Disease X -- Dracunculiasis (Guinea worm disease) -- Eastern equine encephalitis -- Ebola virus disease -- Echinococcosis/hydatidosis -- Ecological degradation -- Ehrlichiosis -- Elisabethkinga infections -- Emerging plant diseases -- Enterovirus 71 infection -- Epidemiology : monitoring outbreaks and the spread of infectious disease -- Escherichia coli -- Escherichia coli O157:H7 -- Fungal infections -- Giardiasis -- Glanders -- Globalization and emerging diseases -- Gnathostomiasis -- Group A streptococcal disease -- Guanarito -- Hansen's disease (leprosy) -- Hantavirus disease/hantavirus pulmonary syndrome -- Heartland virus disease -- Helicobacter pylori infection -- Helminth diseases -- Hendra virus infection -- Hepatitis B -- Hepatitis C -- Hepatitis E -- Highly pathogenic avian influenza -- HIV/AIDs -- Human T-lymphotropic virus disease (HTLV) -- Infestations -- Influenza -- Intensive animal agriculture -- International health regulations -- Jamestown canyon virus -- Japanese encephalitis --Junín virus -- Kyasanur forest disease -- LaCrosse encephalitis -- Lassa fever -- Legionnaires' disease -- Leishmaniasis -- Leptospirosis -- Listeriosis -- Lujo hemorrhagic fever (LUHF) -- Lyme disease -- Machupo -- Malaria -- Marburg virus disease -- Mayaro virus disease -- Measles -- Melioidosis (Whitmore's disease) -- Meningitis -- Microsporidiosis -- Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus -- Monkeypox -- Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome (MIS-C) -- Nipah virus infection -- Nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease (NTM-LD) -- Norovirus -- Obesity, hypertension, and diabetes -- Omsk hemorrhagic fever -- Oncogenic HPV types -- One health -- O'nyong-nyong fever -- Oropouche virus disease -- Panama disease in bananas -- Pandemics -- Parasitic diseases -- Parotitis (mumps) -- Pertussis -- Plague -- Pollution impacts -- Post COVID conditions -- Powassan virus -- Prion diseases -- Protozoan diseases -- Psittacosis -- Q fever -- Rabies -- Respiratory syncytial virus -- Rickettsial diseases -- Rift Valley fever -- Risk communication -- Rocky Mountain spotted fever -- Salmonella -- SARS-CoV-2 emergence -- Schistosomiasis -- Severe acute respiratory syndrome -- Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) -- Shigellosis Smallpox -- Social determinants of disease emergence -- St. Louis encephalitis virus -- Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) -- Toxic shock syndrome -- Trichinellosis -- Tuberculosis -- Tularemia -- Typhoid fever -- Typhus fevers -- Urbanization -- Vaccination -- Vaccine-derived polio -- Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease -- Venezuelan equine encephalitis -- Vibriosis -- Water and sanitation -- Waterborne diseases -- West Nile virus -- Western equine encephalitis -- Whitewater Arroyo virus -- Yellow fever -- Zika virus.This book is a guide to information on infectious diseases that have either lately appeared for the first time in a population or have recently rapidly increased in incidence such as COVID-19, Ebola, Lassa Fever, MERS, Rift Valley Fever, and Zika virus. Articles avoid medical jargon and use language that laypersons can understand while still providing authoritative, balanced information that addresses pathogens that are causing and threaten to cause significant health crises.Description based on print version record.

Subjects: Emerging infectious diseases; Communicable diseases;

On-line resources: https://libproxy.kirtland.edu/login?url=https://link.gale.com/apps/pub/49VP/GVRL?sid=gale_marc&u=lom_kirtlandcc -- Available  for Kirtland Community College via Gale  ebooks. Click here to access.;

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Infection prevention and control at a glance / by Weston, Debbie.; Burgess, Alison,1963-author.; Roberts, Sue,1955-author.;

Includes bibliographical references and index.Part 1: Introduction to infection prevention and control. Infection prevention and control (IP & C) -- Communicable diseases -- Bacterial classification and structure -- Bacterial virulence factors -- Viral classification and structure -- The innate immune response -- The acquired immune response -- Principles of specimen collection -- The microbiology laboratory -- Antibiotics and prescribing -- Antimicrobial resistance -- Part 2: The principles of infection prevention and control. The chain of infection -- Vaccination -- Hand hygiene -- Surgical hand preparation -- Personal protective equipment -- Environmental cleaning and disinfection -- Sharps -- Aseptic non-touch technique -- Part 3: Clinical practice aspects of IP & C. The infection prevention management of intravascular devices -- Isolation and cohort nursing -- Management of patients with infectious diarrhoea -- Investigation and management of outbreaks -- Prevention and treatment of surgical site infection -- Recognition and management of sepsis -- Part 4: Infections and infectious diseases. Bloodborne viruses -- Bordetella pertussis -- Campylobacter jejuni -- Gram-negative carbapenemase-producing organisms, including Enterobacteriaceae -- Catheter-associated urinary tract infection -- Clostridium difficile: prevention and control -- Community- and hospital-acquired pneumonia -- Ebola virus disease -- Infestation -- Influenza -- Invasive group A streptococcal disease -- Legionella -- Measles, mumps and rubella -- Meningococcal disease -- Norovirus -- Pandemic influenza -- Salmonella -- Staphylococcus aureus and MRSA -- Tuberculosis -- Varicella zoster.Infection Prevention and Control at a Glance is the perfect companion for study and revision for pre-registration nursing and healthcare students, as well as qualified nurses and medical students. Infection prevention and control is one of the key five essential skills clusters that is incorporated into all pre-registration nursing programmes. This highly visual and dynamic book is a thorough resource for nurses wanting to consolidate and expand their knowledge of this important part of nursing. Written by experienced infection prevention and control specialist nurses, it provides a concise and simple approach to a vast and complex subject, and equips the reader with key information in relation to various aspects of infection prevention and control practice. * Provides a snap-shot of the application of infection prevention and control in practice and the key infections affecting patients in both acute and primary care * A uniquely visual and accessible overview of a topic of relevance to all nursing staff * Includes key points for clinical practice, patient management, and signposting of key national guidance documents and websites * Available in a wide-range of digital formats - perfect for 'on the go' study and revision.

Subjects: Cross infection; Nosocomial infections; Cross infection.; Cross infection; Cross infection; Infection; Evidence-based medicine.; Infection; Nosocomial infections; Cross Infection; Cross Infection; Infection Control.;

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The coming plague : newly emerging diseases in a world out of balance / by Garrett, Laurie.;

Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- Machupo: Bolivian hemorragic fever -- Health transition: the age of optimism, setting out to eradicate disease -- Monkey kidneys and the ebbing tides: Marburg virus, yellow fever, and the Brazilian meningitis epidemic -- Into the woods: lassa fever -- Yambuku: Ebola -- The American bicentennial: swine flu and Legionnaires' Disease -- N'zara: lassa, ebola, and the developing world's economic and social policies -- Revolution: genetic engineering and the discovery of oncogenes.Microbe Magnets: urban centers of disease -- Distant thunder: sexually transmitted diseases and injecting drug users -- Hatari: vinidogodogo (danger: a very little thing): the origins of AIDS -- Feminine hygiene (as debated, mostly, by men): toxic shock syndrome -- The revenge of the germs, or just keep inventing new drugs: drug-resistant bacteria, viruses, and parasites -- Thirdworldization: the interactions of poverty, poor housing, and social despair with disease -- All in good haste: hantaviruses in America.Nature and homo sapiens: seal plague, cholera, global warming, biodiversity, and the microbial soup -- Searching for solutions: preparedness, surveillance, and the new understanding -- Afterword.

Subjects: Epidemiology; Communicable diseases;

© c1994., Farrar, Straus and Giroux,

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Infectious Diseases : In Context / by Riggs, Thomas J.,editor.; Gale (Firm);

Includes bibliographical references and index.Volume 1. African Sleeping Sickness -- AIDS -- AIDS: Origin of the Modern Pandemic -- Airborne Precautions -- Alveolar Echinococcosis -- Amebiasis -- Anellovirus -- Angiostrongyliasis -- Animal Importation -- Anisakiasis -- Anthrax -- Anti-Cytokine Antibody Syndrome -- Antibacterial Drugs -Antibiotic Resistance -- Antimicrobial Soaps -- Antiviral Drugs -- Arthropod-borne Disease -- Ascariasis -- Asilomar Conference -- Aspergillosis -- Avian Influenza -- B Virus (Cercopithecine herpesvirus 1) Infection -- Babesiosis (Babesia Infection) -- Bacterial Disease -- Balantidiasis -- Baylisascaris Infection -- Biological Weapons Convention -- Bioterrorism -- Blastomycosis -- Blood Supply and Infectious Disease -- Bloodborne Pathogens -- Botulism -- Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (Mad Cow Disease) -- Brucellosis -- Burkholderia -- Buruli (Bairnsdale) Ulcer -- Campylobacter Infection -- Cancer and Infectious Disease -- Candidiasis -- Cat Scratch Disease -- CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) -- Chagas Disease -- Chickenpox (Varicella) -- Chikungunya -- Childhood-Associated Infectious Diseases, Immunization Impacts -- Chlamydia Infection -- Chlamydia Pneumoniae -- Cholera -- Climate Change and Infectious Disease -- Clostridium difficile Infection -- CMV (Cytomegalovirus) Infection -- Coccidioidomycosis -- Cohorted Communities and Infectious Disease -- Cold Sores -- Colds (Rhinitis) -- Contact Lenses and Fusarium Keratitis -- Contact Precautions -- Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease -- Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever -- Cryptococcus neoformans Infection -- Cryptosporidiosis -- Culture and Sensitivity -- Cyclosporiasis -- Demographics and Infectious Disease -- Dengue and Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever -- Developing Nations and Drug Delivery -- Diphtheria -- Disinfection -- Dracunculiasis -- Droplet Precautions -- Dysentery -- Ear Infection (Otitis Media) -- Eastern Equine Encephalitis -- Ebola -- Economic Development and Infectious Disease -- Emerging Infectious Diseases -- Encephalitis -- Endemnicity -- Enterovirus 71 infection -- Epidemiology -- Epstein-Barr Virus -- Escherichia coli O157:H7 -- Exposed: Scientists Who Risked Disease for Discovery -- Fifth Disease -- Filariasis -- Food-Borne Disease and Food Safety -- Gastroenteritis (Common Causes) -- Genetic Identification of Microorganisms -- Genital Herpes -- Germ Theory of Disease -- Giardiasis -- GIDEON -- Glanders (Melioidosis) -- Globalization and Infectious Disease -- Gonorrhea -- H5N1 -- Haemophilus Influenzae -- Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease -- Handwashing -- Hantavirus -- Helicobacter pylori -- Helminth Disease -- Hemorrhaghic Fevers -- Hepatitis A -- Hepatitis B -- Hepatitis C -- Hepatitis D -- Hepatitis E -- Herpes Simplex 1 Virus -- Herpes Simplex 2 Virus -- Histoplasmosis -- HIV -- Hookworm (Ancylostoma) Infection -- Host and Vector -- Hot Tub Rash (Pseudomonas aeruginosa Dermatitis) -- HPV (Human Papillomavirus) Infection -- Immigration and Infectious Disease -- Immune Response to Infection -- Impetigo -- Infection Control and Asepesis -- Influenza -- Influenza Pandemic of 1918 -- Influenza Pandemic of 1957 -- Influenza, Tracking Seasonal Influences and Virus Mutation -- Isolation and Quarantine -- Japanese Encephalitis -- Kawasaki Disease -- Koch's Postulates -- Kuru -- Lassa Fever -- Legionnaires' Disease (Legionellosis) -- Legislation, International Law, and Infectious Diseases -- Leishmaniasis -- Leprosy (Hansen's Disease) -- Leptospirosis -- Lice Infestation (Pediculosis) -- Listeriosis -- Liver Fluke Infection -- Lung Fluke (Paragonimus) Infection -- Lyme Disease -- Volume 2. Macrophage Activation Syndrome -- Malaria -- Marburg Hemorrhagic Fever -- Marine Toxins -- Measles (Rubeola) -- Médicins Sans Frontièrs (Doctors without Borders) -- Meningitis, Bacterial -- Meningitis, Viral -- Microbial Evolution -- Microorganisms -- Microscope and Microscopy -- Microsporidiosis -- Monkeypox -- Mononucleosis -- Mosquito-Borne Diseases -- MRSA -- Mumps -- Mycotic Disease -- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases -- Necrotizing Fasciitis -- Nipah Virus Encephalitis -- Nocardiosis -- Norovirus Infection -- Nosocomial (Healthcare-Associated) Infections -- Notifiable Diseases -- Opportunistic Infection -- Outbreaks: Field-Level Response -- Pandemic Preparedness --Parasitic Diseases -- Personal Protective Equipment -- Pink Eye (Conjunctivitis) -- Pinworm (Enterobius vermicularis) Infection -- Plague, Early History -- Plague, Modern History -- Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia -- Pneumonia -- Polio Eradication Campaign -- Polio (Poliomyelitis) -- Powassan Virus -- President's (Obama Adminstration) Initiative on Combating Antibiotic Resistance -- Prion Disease -- ProMED -- Protozoan diseases -- Psittacosis -- Public Health and Infectious Disease -- Puerperal Fever -- Q Fever -- Rabies -- Rapid Diagnostic Tests for Infectious Diseases -- Rat-Bite Fever -- Re-emerging Infectious Diseases -- Relapsing Fever -- Resistant Organisms -- Retroviruses -- Rickettsial Disease -- Rift Valley Fever -- Ringworm -- River Blindness (Onchocerciasis) -- Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever -- Rotavirus Infection -- RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection) Infection -- Rubella -- Salmonella Infection (Salmonellosis) -- Sanitation -- SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) -- Scabies -- Scarlet Fever -- Schistosomiasis (Bilharzia) -- Scrofula: The King's Evil -- Sepsis as a WHO Priority -- Severe Fever With Thrombocytopenia Syndrome -- Sexually Transmitted Infections -- Shigellosis -- Shingles (Herpes Zoster) Infection -- Smallpox -- Smallpox Eradication and Storage -- Sporotrichosis -- St. Louis Encephalitis -- Standard Precautions -- Staphylococcus aureus Infection -- Sterilization -- Strep Throat -- Streptococcal Infections, Group A -- Streptococcal Infections, Group B -- Strongyloidiasis -- Swimmer's Ear and Swimmer's Itch (Cercarial Dermatitis) -- Syphilis -- Taeniasis (Taenia Infection) -- Talaromycosis -- Tapeworm Infection -- Tetanus -- Tick-Borne Diseases -- Toxic Shock -- Toxoplasmosis (Toxoplasma Infection) -- Trachoma -- Travel and Infectious Disease -- Trichinellosis -- Trichomoniasis -- Tropical Infectious Diseases -- Tuberculosis -- Tularemia -- Typhoid Fever -- Typhus -- UNICEF -- United Nations Millennium Goals and Infectious Disease -- Urinary Tract Infection -- USAMRIID (United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases) -- Vaccines and Vaccine Development -- Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci -- Vector-Borne Disease -- Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis Virus -- Viral Disease -- Virus Hunters -- War and Infectious Disease -- Water-Borne Disease -- West Nile Virus -- Whipworm (Trichuriasis) -- Whooping Cough (Pertussis) -- Women and Infectious Disease -- World Health Organization (WHO) -- World Trade and Infectious Disease -- Yaws -- Yellow Fever -- Yersiniosis -- Zika Virus -- Zoonoses.Covers the history, politics, and ethical debate related to infectious diseases. Includes articles on how such diseases impact trade and commerce, travel, and the future of industrialized and impoverished nations.Description based on print version record.

Subjects: Communicable diseases;

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Patient zero : [electronic resource] : A curious history of the world's worst diseases. by Kang, Lydia.; Huber, Hillary.;

Narrator: Hillary Huber.From the masters of storytelling-meets-science and co-authors of Quackery , Patient Zero tells the long and fascinating history of disease outbreaks—how they start, how they spread, the science that lets us understand them, and how we race to destroy them before they destroy us. Written in the authors' lively and accessible style, chapters include page-turning medical stories about a particular disease or virus—smallpox, Bubonic plague, polio, HIV—that combine "Patient Zero" narratives, or the human stories behind outbreaks, with historical examinations of missteps, milestones, scientific theories, and more. Learn the tragic stories of Patient Zeros throughout history, such as Mabalo Lokela, who contracted Ebola while on vacation in 1976, and the Lewis Baby on London's Broad Street, the first to catch cholera in an 1854 outbreak that led to a major medical breakthrough. Interspersed are origin stories of a different sort—how a rye fungus in 1951 turned a small village in France into a phantasmagoric scene reminiscent of Burning Man. Plus the uneasy history of human autopsy, how the HIV virus has been with us for at least a century, and more.Electronic reproduction.

Subjects: Electronic books.; Nonfiction.; History.; Medical.; Science.;

On-line resources: http://link.overdrive.com/?websiteID=130119&titleID=6956727 -- Click to access digital title in OverDrive.;

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