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9780143117179

Emerging Epidemics : The Menace of New Infections

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  • ISBN13:

    9780143117179

  • ISBN10:

    0143117173

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2009-12-23
  • Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)

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Summary

In the tradition of "The Coming Plague" comes "an authoritative, well-paced, vividly written book that will scare the pants off you" ("The New York Times Book Review").

Author Biography

Madeline Drexler is a scientist and medical journalist based in Boston. A former medical columnist for the Boston Globe Magazine, she was a 1996-1997 Knight Science Journalism Fellow at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Drexler was awarded the 1992 International Biomedical Science Journalism Prize by the General Motors Cancer Research Foundation. Her articles have appeared in The New York Times, The American Prospect, Self, Good Housekeeping and many other national publications.

Table of Contents

Disease in Disguisep. 1
Winged Victoriesp. 19
Food Frightp. 74
Superbugsp. 119
The Once and Future Pandemicp. 158
Infection Unmaskedp. 201
Bioterrorp. 231
Think Locally, Act Virallyp. 275
Selected Bibliographyp. 289
Indexp. 295
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