[PDF] Killer Germs eBook

Author : Barry E. Zimmerman
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 20,75 MB
Release : 2002-09-27
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 0071707476

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Everything readers ever wanted to know about deadly viruses, killer parasites, flesh-eating microbes, and other lifethreatening beasties but were afraid to ask What disease, known as "the White Death" has killed 2 billion people, and counting? What fatal disease lurks undetected in air conditioners and shower heads, waiting to become airborne? How lethal is the Ebola virus, and will there ever be a cure for it? How do you catch flesh-eating bacteria? Killer Germs takes readers on a fascinating (sometimes horrifying) journey into the amazing world of viruses, bacteria, protozoa, fungi, and worms and explores the roles they have played in shaping the course of human history. From biblical plagues, to the AIDS crisis, to supergerms of the future, this updated and revised edition of the original covers the whole gamut of diseases that have threatened humanity since its origins. It also includes a new chapter on the history of bioterrorism and the deplorable role it has played and is likely to play in the phenomenal diversity of diseases.

Author : Michael T. Osterholm
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 33,10 MB
Release : 2020
Category : AIDS (Disease)
ISBN : 9780316343756

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Infectious disease has the terrifying power to disrupt everyday life on a global scale, overwhelming public and private resources and bringing trade and transportation to a halt. In today's world, it's easier than ever to move people, animals, and materials around the planet, but the same advances that make modern infrastructure so efficient have made epidemics and even pandemics nearly inevitable. So what can -- and must -- we do in order to protect ourselves? Drawing on the latest medical science, case studies, and policy research, Deadliest enemy explores the resources and programs we need to develop if we are to keep ourselves safe from infectious disease.--

Author : Nancy Tomes
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 34,75 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780674357082

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Shows how the scientific knowledge about the role of microorganisms in disease made its way into American popular culture.

Author : Mark Olshaker
Publisher : Little, Brown Spark
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 12,16 MB
Release : 2017-03-14
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0316343684

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A leading epidemiologist shares his "powerful and necessary" (Richard Preston, author of The Hot Zone) stories from the front lines of our war on infectious diseases and explains how to prepare for global epidemics -- featuring a new preface on COVID-19. Unlike natural disasters, whose destruction is concentrated in a limited area over a period of days, and illnesses, which have devastating effects but are limited to individuals and their families, infectious disease has the terrifying power to disrupt everyday life on a global scale, overwhelming public and private resources and bringing trade and transportation to a grinding halt. In today's world, it's easier than ever to move people, animals, and materials around the planet, but the same advances that make modern infrastructure so efficient have made epidemics and even pandemics nearly inevitable. And as outbreaks of COVID-19, Ebola, MERS, and Zika have demonstrated, we are woefully underprepared to deal with the fallout. So what can -- and must -- we do in order to protect ourselves from mankind's deadliest enemy? Drawing on the latest medical science, case studies, policy research, and hard-earned epidemiological lessons, Deadliest Enemy explores the resources and programs we need to develop if we are to keep ourselves safe from infectious disease. The authors show how we could wake up to a reality in which many antibiotics no longer cure, bioterror is a certainty, and the threat of a disastrous influenza or coronavirus pandemic looms ever larger. Only by understanding the challenges we face can we prevent the unthinkable from becoming the inevitable. Deadliest Enemy is high scientific drama, a chronicle of medical mystery and discovery, a reality check, and a practical plan of action.

Author : E. A. M. Jakab
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 36,76 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Chemists
ISBN : 9780071343343

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A biography of scientist Louis Pasteur, drawing from letters, diaries, newspapers, and journals to chronicle Pasteur's struggles to convince the scientific community that germs exist and that they cause disease.

Author : Philip M. Tierno
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 33,31 MB
Release : 2004-01-06
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780743421881

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Traces the history of germs, discussing how germs have been viewed and treated throughout time and explains why germs now pose an even greater risk to mankind than ever before.

Author : Sally Morgan
Publisher : Heinemann-Raintree Library
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 11,94 MB
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781432924560

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"Germ Killers: Fighting Disease looks at how science and modern medicine save millions of lives each year, and at the constant battle that is waged to stay ahead of new threats to health. It explains how diseases are caused and spread and how vaccination has successfully wiped out some major killers. It explores the importance of health education and aid in combating diseases such as cholera and TB, how drugs are developed and tested, and recent outbreaks of diseases, such as West Nile Fever and Clostridium difficile."

Author : Elinor Levy
Publisher : Crown
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 48,19 MB
Release : 2007-12-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 0307422216

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Protect yourself and your family from the threat of emerging diseases with a detailed, gripping exploration of the dangerous microbes we’re up against, from a respected immunologist and veteran science author—with a new Epilogue by the authors “[Levy and Fischetti] excel at describing the sleuthing and science that helped to break the code on emerging infections.”—Los Angeles Times All around us—in our homes, workplaces, and public spaces—bacteria and viruses are evolving at a feverish rate, and our best defenses against them are in danger of being overwhelmed. The threat posed by an emerging outbreak is as formidable as any challenge the human race has ever faced, and the evolutionary scales may be tipping in favor of the microbes. From mad cow disease and Asian bird flu to SARS, West Nile virus, and Ebola, more than thirty new diseases have arisen since the 1970s; and old scourges, from plague to tuberculosis, have reemerged in more dangerous forms. But how imminent, really, is the danger? Through riveting patient information and a behind-the-scenes tour of the health care system, Levy and Fischetti reveal: • How we’ve managed to contain certain epidemics, while allowing others to rage out of control • Why the demand for vaccines too often exceeds the supply, and why it took the FDA thirty-four years to approve the first new class of antibiotics since 1965. • How new infectious diseases manifest themselves, symptoms to watch for, and how to get a correct diagnosis in time • The latest scientific developments, from new genetic techniques to promising drug programs that might allow us to beat back the microbe menace. The New Killer Diseases will leave you fully informed about the true extent of the threat we face and what you can do to help minimize risk of a pandemic.

Author : Jessica Snyder Sachs
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 14,68 MB
Release : 2008-09-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 1429923296

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Making Peace with Microbes Public sanitation and antibiotic drugs have brought about historic increases in the human life span; they have also unintentionally produced new health crises by disrupting the intimate, age-old balance between humans and the microorganisms that inhabit our bodies and our environment. As a result, antibiotic resistance now ranks among the gravest medical problems of modern times. Good Germs, Bad Germs addresses not only this issue but also what has become known as the "hygiene hypothesis"— an argument that links the over-sanitation of modern life to now-epidemic increases in immune and other disorders. In telling the story of what went terribly wrong in our war on germs, Jessica Snyder Sachs explores our emerging understanding of the symbiotic relationship between the human body and its resident microbes—which outnumber its human cells by a factor of nine to one! The book also offers a hopeful look into a future in which antibiotics will be designed and used more wisely, and beyond that, to a day when we may replace antibacterial drugs and cleansers with bacterial ones—each custom-designed for maximum health benefits.