Deadly outbreaks : how medical detectives save lives threatened by killer pandemics, exotic viruses, and drug-resistant parasites
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Levitt, Alexandra M.
Contributors
Hopkins, Donald R., writer of foreword.
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RA643 .L43 2013
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Subjects

LC Subjects
Communicable diseases -- History.
Communicable diseases -- Prevention.
Epidemics -- History.
Epidemics.
Infection -- History.
OCLC Fast Subjects
Communicable diseases -- Prevention.
Communicable diseases.
Epidemics.
History.
Infection.
Other Subjects
Communicable Disease Control
Disease Outbreaks
Epidemie
Health and Wellbeing.
Infection -- Histoire.
Infektionskrankheit
Maladies infectieuses -- Histoire.
Maladies infectieuses -- Prévention.
Pandémies.
Virus Diseases -- prevention & control
Öffentliches Gesundheitswesen

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xvii, 222 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-222).
Description
Despite advances in health care, infectious microbes continue to be a formidable adversary to scientists and doctors. Vaccines and antibiotics, the mainstays of modern medicine, have not been able to conquer infectious microbes because of their amazing ability to adapt, evolve, and spread to new places. Terrorism aside, one of the greatest dangers from infectious disease we face today is from a massive outbreak of drug-resistant microbes. Deadly Outbreaks recounts the scientific adventures of a special group of intrepid individuals who investigate these outbreaks around the world and figure out how to stop them. Part homicide detective, part physician, these medical investigators must view the problem from every angle, exhausting every possible source of contamination. Any data gathered in the field must be stripped of human sorrows and carefully analyzed into hard statistics. -- Jacket.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Levitt, A. M., & Hopkins, D. R. (2013). Deadly outbreaks: how medical detectives save lives threatened by killer pandemics, exotic viruses, and drug-resistant parasites . Skyhorse Pub..

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Levitt, Alexandra M and Donald R., Hopkins. 2013. Deadly Outbreaks: How Medical Detectives Save Lives Threatened By Killer Pandemics, Exotic Viruses, and Drug-resistant Parasites. New York: Skyhorse Pub.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Levitt, Alexandra M and Donald R., Hopkins. Deadly Outbreaks: How Medical Detectives Save Lives Threatened By Killer Pandemics, Exotic Viruses, and Drug-resistant Parasites New York: Skyhorse Pub, 2013.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Levitt, A. M. and Hopkins, D. R. (2013). Deadly outbreaks: how medical detectives save lives threatened by killer pandemics, exotic viruses, and drug-resistant parasites. New York: Skyhorse Pub.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Levitt, Alexandra M., and Donald R. Hopkins. Deadly Outbreaks: How Medical Detectives Save Lives Threatened By Killer Pandemics, Exotic Viruses, and Drug-resistant Parasites Skyhorse Pub., 2013.

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