Deadly outbreaks : how medical detectives save lives threatened by killer pandemics, exotic viruses, and drug-resistant parasites / Alexandra M. Levitt ; foreword by Donald R. Hopkins.

By:

Levitt, Alexandra M

Publication details: New York : Skyhorse Pub., c2013.Description: xvii, 222 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cmISBN:

9781626360358
1626360359

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

614.5 23

LOC classification:

RA643 .L43 2013

NLM classification:

2013 I-921
WA 110

Contents:

Dead crows falling from the sky -- The McConnon strain -- Sorrow and statistics -- Obsession or inspiration -- Dangerous desserts -- The red mist -- A normal spring -- Where are they now?

Summary: Take a visit to the front line as scientists fight to solve medical mysteries. 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. This book 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. Here the author shares insider accounts that go behind the alarming headlines in the media. Meet the resourceful investigators and discover the truth behind actual cases and more. -- Jacket.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-222)

Dead crows falling from the sky -- The McConnon strain -- Sorrow and statistics -- Obsession or inspiration -- Dangerous desserts -- The red mist -- A normal spring -- Where are they now?

Take a visit to the front line as scientists fight to solve medical mysteries. 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. This book 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. Here the author shares insider accounts that go behind the alarming headlines in the media. Meet the resourceful investigators and discover the truth behind actual cases and more. -- Jacket.

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