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UNINA9910956720703321 |
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Autore |
Webster Robert G. <1932-> |
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Titolo |
Flu hunter : unlocking the secrets of a virus / / Robert G. Webster |
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Dunedin, New Zealand : , : Otago University Press, , 2018 |
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9781988531410 |
1988531411 |
9781988531403 |
1988531403 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource : illustrations (some color), color maps |
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Disciplina |
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Influenza - History - 20th century |
Epidemics - History - 20th century |
Avian influenza |
Disasters |
Influenza - Epidemiology |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Foreword / by Lance Jennings -- Emergence of the monster: Spanish influenza, 1918 -- The start of influenza research -- From seabirds in Australlia to Tamiflu -- The search moves to wild ducks in Canada -- Delaware Bay: the right place at the right time -- Proving interspecies transmission -- Virologists visit China -- Hong Kong hotbed: live bird markets and pig processing -- Searching the world, 1975-95 -- The smoking gun -- Bird flu: the rise and spread of H5N1 -- The first pandemic of the 21st century -- SARS, and a second bird flu outbreak -- Digging for answers on the 1918 Spanish influenza -- Resurrecting the 1918 Spanish influenza -- Opening Pandora's Box -- Looking to the future: are we better prepared. |
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"When a new influenza virus emerges that is able to be transmitted between humans, it spreads globally as a pandemic, often with high mortality. Enormous social disruption and substantial economic cost can result. The 1918 Spanish influenza pandemic was undoubtedly the most devastating influenza pandemic to date, and it has been Dr |
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Robert Webster's life's work to figure out how and why. In so doing he has made a remarkable contribution to our understanding of the evolution of influenza viruses and how to control them. A century on, Flu Hunter is a gripping account of the tenacious scientific detective work involved in revealing the secrets of this killer virus. Dubbed `Flu Hunter' by Smithsonian Magazine in 2006, Dr Webster began his research in the early 1960s with the insight that the natural ecology of most influenza viruses is among wild aquatic birds. Painstaking tracking and testing of thousands of birds eventually led him and the other scientists involved to establish a link between these bird virus `reservoirs' and human influenza pandemics. Some of this fascinating scientific work involved exhuming bodies of Spanish flu victims from the Arctic permafrost in a search for tissue samples containing genetic material from the virus" --Publisher. |
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Record Nr. |
UNINA9910972781303321 |
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Titolo |
Regional Economic Outlook, October 2007, Middle East and Central Asia |
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Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2007 |
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9786613850683 |
9781462365340 |
1462365345 |
9781452753362 |
1452753369 |
9781283538237 |
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9781451948363 |
1451948360 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (69 p.) |
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Collana |
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Regional Economic Outlook |
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Disciplina |
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Economic forecasting - Middle East |
Economic forecasting - Asia, Central |
Balance of payments |
Commodities |
Current Account Adjustment |
Current account surpluses |
Deflation |
Emerging and frontier financial markets |
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Energy: Demand and Supply |
Energy: General |
Exports and Imports |
Finance |
Finance: General |
Financial markets |
Financial services industry |
General Financial Markets: General (includes Measurement and Data) |
Inflation |
International economics |
Investment & securities |
Investments: Energy |
Macroeconomics |
Oil prices |
Oil |
Petroleum industry and trade |
Price Level |
Prices |
Public finance & taxation |
Short-term Capital Movements |
Taxation |
Middle East Economic conditions |
Asia, Central Economic conditions |
United Arab Emirates |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Contents; Assumptions and Conventions; Recent Macroeconomic Developments and Prospects; Highlights; Background; Recent Economic Developments; Figures; 1 Global real GDP growth; Boxes; 1 Maghreb: Growth Performance and R Remaining Challenges maining; 2 MCD real GDP growth; 3 External current account balance; 4 Non-oil commodity prices; 2 Oil Developments-An Update; 5 Gross officia official reserves; 6 Central government fiscal balance; 7 Total government debt; 8 Monetary developments; 9 Credit to the private sector; 10 Consumer prices; 11 Nominal effective exchange rates |
12 Real effective exchange rates13 Selected stock market indices; 3 Regional Impact of the 2 2007 Global Credit Squeeze 07; Economic Outlook; World economic outlook; 14 Global outlook; 15 Brent crude oil prices; Outlook for the MCD region; Policy Issues; 4 Kazakhstan: A Decad Decade of Economic Progress; 5 Armenia: The Road to a Successful Transition; 6 Egypt: An Emerging Success Story; 7 Pakistan: An Economic Turnaround; 8 The Boom in the GCC: I Is It Sustainable?; 9 The United Arab Emirates: The Race to Prosperity; Statistical Appendix; Data and Conventions; Tables; 1 Real GDP Growth |
2 Nominal GDP3 Oil and Non-Oil Real GDP Growth for Oil Exporters; 4 Crude Oil Production and Exports; 5 Consumer Price Inflation; 6 Broad |
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Money; 7 Central Government Fiscal Balance; 8 Central Government Total Revenue Excluding Grants; 9 Oil Exporters: Central Government Non-Oil Fiscal Balance; 10 Oil Exporters: Central Government Non-Oil Revenue; 11 Central Government Total Expenditure and Net Lending; 12 Total Government Debt; 13 Exports of Goods and Services; 14 Imports of Goods and Services; 15 Current Account Balance (in billions o of U.S. dollars) |
16 Current Account Balance (in percent of GDP)17 Real Effective Exchange Rates; 18 Gross Official Reserves; 19 Total Gross Public and Private External Debt |
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The Middle East and Central Asia is undergoing a remarkable transformation driven by rapid GDP growth and high oil and non-oil commodity prices. The report presents common economic trends and reviews prospects and policies for the coming year in light of the global economic environment. This latest REO includes boxes treating both regional topics--such as growth in the Maghreb countries; developments in the oil markets; the boom in the GCC countries, and the impact of the recent global credit squeeze on the region--and country-specific reviews, of Kazakhstan, Armenia, Egypt, Pakistan, and the UAE. |
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