MICROBE

Erscheinungsjahr 2005
ISBN: 978-0-8144-0865-0
Verlag: McGraw-Hill Education

Buch, Englisch, 0 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 560 g

"As the human population explodes and globalization continues, diseases can spread from one country to another as fast as an airplane can fly. Whether a virus is unintentionally released via our modern transportation system, or deliberately by terrorists, even a small scale biological ""event"" could have a profound effect on our society. Yet our current public health system is completely unprepared to detect and respond quickly enough to avert a disease-related crisis. Microbe does more than detail the threats that face us today. Containing riveting accounts of barely averted catastrophes (including outbreaks of West Nile virus, SARS, and hantavirus), the book examines the disjointed, ineffective system we all rely upon to keep us alive and healthy. More important, the book presents a solution to stop outbreaks and minimize the impact of an epidemic. Illustrated with two hypothetical stories (an outbreak of bird flu in Southern California and a bioterrorism attack in Denver) Microbe looks at the potential effects of health disasters -- and offers practical steps to stop them in their tracks."

Autoren/Hrsg.

Zelicoff, Alan

Bellomo, Michael

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Präventivmedizin, Gesundheitsförderung, Medizinisches Screening
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Public Health, Gesundheitsmanagement, Gesundheitsökonomie, Gesundheitspolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

"Foreword Introduction Chapter 1: The Birds That Fell From the Sky -- West Nile Virus Chapter 2: A Corona of Death -- SARS Chapter 3: The Arroyo Muerte -- Sin Nombre Hantavirus Chapter 4: Outbreaks, Reservoirs and Dead End Hosts Chapter 5: Shards of Glass in the Brain -- Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (Mad Cow) Chapter 6: Out of the Shadows -- Legionella Pneumophila (Legionnaire’s Disease) Chapter 7: An Ill Wind -- Smallpox Chapter 8: Natural Born Killers --Why Some Germs Stay Bad Chapter 9: Something in the Water - Cholera, Cryptosporidiosis Chapter 10: When Hours Count - but Days Don't Matter - Anthrax Chapter 11 Pronouncing the Patient CURED Chapter 12: Project BIOWATCH - Plague Vials Vanish in Texas Chapter 13: A New Weapon in the Fight Chapter 14: Gold Nuggets and Influenza Vaccines -- DNA-based vaccines Chapter 15: Three Ounces of Prevention -- Scenarios involving Avian Bird Flu, Bioterrorism using Smallpox Chapter 16: Into a Crystal Ball, Darkly. Appendix A: Glossary Appendix B: Letter to Lev Sandhakchiev"

Über Autor(innen)

Bellomo, Michael
McGraw-Hill authors represent the leading experts in their fields and are dedicated to improving the lives, careers, and interests of readers worldwide

"Alan P. Zelicoff, M.D. (Albuquerque, NM) is a physician, physicist, and senior scientist at Sandia National Laboratories, an engineering and science lab operated by Sandia Corporation for the US Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration. The inventor of the Syndrome Reporting Information System for the rapid dissemination of disease information, he has written for The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal. Michael Bellomo (Burlingame, CA) holds a Six Sigma Black Belt certification and has worked for the Ares Corporation, a project and risk management firm that works with the Department of Defense, NASA, and the Department of Energy."