Six modern plagues and how we are causing them / Mark Jerome Walters.
Six modern plagues and how we are causing them / Mark Jerome Walters.
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Washington., DC : Island Press, c2003.
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N614.4/34
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English
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206 p. ; 22 cm.
Contents
1. The Dark Side Progress: Mad Cow Disease -- 2. A Chimp Called Amandine: HIV/AIDS -- 3. The Travels of Antibiotic Resistance: Salmonella DT104 -- 4. Of Old Growth and Arthritis: Lyme Disease -- 5. A Spring to Die For: Hantavirus -- 6. A Virus from the Nile -- Epilogue: SARS and Beyond.
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Publisher
Washington., DC : Island Press, c2003.
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District of Columbia
Date Published
c2003.
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"In Six Modern Plagues and How We Are Causing Them, Mark Jerome Walters tells the human stories behind these diseases and brilliantly shows the connections between new epidemics and human changes to the natural environment. "So closely are new epidemics linked to ecological change," Walters argues, "they might rightfully be called ecodemics." Globa...
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Six modern plagues and how we are causing them / Mark Jerome Walters.
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Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references.
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N614.4/34
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74Vve5Ll5yEb
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vve5Ll5yEb
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1559637145 (pbk.)
155963992X (hbk. :alk. paper)
155963992X (alk. paper)
9781559637145 (pbk.)
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614.4
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991017245229702626
