Coming Plague Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance

Name: Coming Plague Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance
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ISBN: 9780140250916

ISBN-10: 0140250913

ISBN-13: 9780140250916

Edition: 1996

Authors: Laurie Garrett

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This is an investigation into the global epidemic of infectious diseases which claims that the world is unprepared for the coming plagues. The book ranges from the savannas of Bolivia to the rainforests of Zaire.

Book details

List price: $25.00
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 10/1/1995
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 768
Size: 6.06" wide x 9.02" long x 1.85" tall
Weight: 1.804
Language: English



Preface


Introduction



Machupo: Bolivian Hemorrhagic 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


Notes


Acknowledgments


Index