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Emerging biological threats [[electronic resource] ] : a reference guide / / Joan R. Callahan
| Emerging biological threats [[electronic resource] ] : a reference guide / / Joan R. Callahan |
| Autore | Callahan Joan R |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Santa Barbara, CA, : Greenwood Press, c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (342 p.) |
| Disciplina |
362.196''9-dc22
571.992 |
| Collana | Non-Series |
| Soggetto topico |
Emerging infectious diseases
Health risk assessment Food security |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
3-13-372094-5
1-282-38593-3 9786612385933 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1. Introduction; Public Health: A Short History; Koch and His Postulates; Hazard, Threat, and Risk; Outbreaks, Epidemics, and Pandemics; What Is Popular Culture?; More Definitions; So How Bad Is It?; 2. Five Big Ones; HIV Disease and AIDS; Malaria; Tuberculosis; Influenza; Hepatitis B and C; 3. Five More (and Complications); Measles; Dysenteries and Enteric Fevers; Dengue and Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever; Bad Bugs and Miracle Drugs; Emerging Diseases; What about Pneumonia?; What about Meningitis and Encephalitis?; Conclusion; 4. Food Insecurity
What about Bees?Mad Cow Disease; Foot-and-Mouth Disease; Anthrax; Rinderpest; Heartwater; Classical Swine Fever; Blue-Ear Pig Disease; Newcastle Disease; Avian Influenza; Honeybee Colony Collapse Disorder; Conclusion; 5. Food Insecurity, Continued; Citrus Tristeza Virus; Bacterial Wilt; Southern Corn Leaf Blight; Citrus Canker; Late Blight of Potato; Soybean Rust; Witches' Broom Disease; Phoma Stem Canker; Asian Soybean Aphid; Locusts; Conclusion: One to Grow On; 6. Making Things Worse; Too Many Babies: Overpopulation; Too Much Carbon: Global Climate Change Not Enough Food: Famine, Pestilence, Destruction, and DeathToo Much Food: Metabolic Syndrome and Type 2 Diabetes; Too Many Sick People: The Healthcare Crisis; Too Many Angry People: Bioterrorism; Too Many Experts: The Bogus Health Industry; Too Many Drugs: Substance Abuse; Too Much UV: Stratospheric Ozone Depletion Revisited; Too Many Cooks: Environmental Management Issues; Conclusion; 7. Fighting Back; Part 1: Balking the Enemy's Plans; Health Education; Better Food; A Higher Power; Basic Research; Water, Toilets, and Garbage; Part 2: Preventing the Junction of the Enemy's Forces Lookouts: Surveillance and ScreeningArming the People: Vaccination; Holding the Line: Convenient Barriers; The Fifth Column: Ringers and Decoys; A Clean Camp: Home, School, and Workplace; Part 3: Attacking the Enemy's Army in the Field; Killing the Enemy: Snipers and WMDs; Disabling the Enemy's Transportation: Inconvenient Barriers; Destroying the Enemy's Resources: Habitat Modification; Enlisting Allies: Biological Controls; Bugout: Postexposure Prophylaxis; Part 4: Besieging Walled Cities; Mopping Up: Disease Eradication and Elimination; Occupation: Public Health Enforcement Recruitment: Help WantedWho's Going to Pay for This?; Tuberculosis: The Million-Year War; Postscript: Making Friends; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456818403321 |
Callahan Joan R
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| Santa Barbara, CA, : Greenwood Press, c2010 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Emerging biological threats [[electronic resource] ] : a reference guide / / Joan R. Callahan
| Emerging biological threats [[electronic resource] ] : a reference guide / / Joan R. Callahan |
| Autore | Callahan Joan R |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Santa Barbara, CA, : Greenwood Press, c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (342 p.) |
| Disciplina |
362.196''9-dc22
571.992 |
| Collana | Non-Series |
| Soggetto topico |
Emerging infectious diseases
Health risk assessment Food security |
| ISBN |
3-13-372094-5
1-282-38593-3 9786612385933 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1. Introduction; Public Health: A Short History; Koch and His Postulates; Hazard, Threat, and Risk; Outbreaks, Epidemics, and Pandemics; What Is Popular Culture?; More Definitions; So How Bad Is It?; 2. Five Big Ones; HIV Disease and AIDS; Malaria; Tuberculosis; Influenza; Hepatitis B and C; 3. Five More (and Complications); Measles; Dysenteries and Enteric Fevers; Dengue and Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever; Bad Bugs and Miracle Drugs; Emerging Diseases; What about Pneumonia?; What about Meningitis and Encephalitis?; Conclusion; 4. Food Insecurity
What about Bees?Mad Cow Disease; Foot-and-Mouth Disease; Anthrax; Rinderpest; Heartwater; Classical Swine Fever; Blue-Ear Pig Disease; Newcastle Disease; Avian Influenza; Honeybee Colony Collapse Disorder; Conclusion; 5. Food Insecurity, Continued; Citrus Tristeza Virus; Bacterial Wilt; Southern Corn Leaf Blight; Citrus Canker; Late Blight of Potato; Soybean Rust; Witches' Broom Disease; Phoma Stem Canker; Asian Soybean Aphid; Locusts; Conclusion: One to Grow On; 6. Making Things Worse; Too Many Babies: Overpopulation; Too Much Carbon: Global Climate Change Not Enough Food: Famine, Pestilence, Destruction, and DeathToo Much Food: Metabolic Syndrome and Type 2 Diabetes; Too Many Sick People: The Healthcare Crisis; Too Many Angry People: Bioterrorism; Too Many Experts: The Bogus Health Industry; Too Many Drugs: Substance Abuse; Too Much UV: Stratospheric Ozone Depletion Revisited; Too Many Cooks: Environmental Management Issues; Conclusion; 7. Fighting Back; Part 1: Balking the Enemy's Plans; Health Education; Better Food; A Higher Power; Basic Research; Water, Toilets, and Garbage; Part 2: Preventing the Junction of the Enemy's Forces Lookouts: Surveillance and ScreeningArming the People: Vaccination; Holding the Line: Convenient Barriers; The Fifth Column: Ringers and Decoys; A Clean Camp: Home, School, and Workplace; Part 3: Attacking the Enemy's Army in the Field; Killing the Enemy: Snipers and WMDs; Disabling the Enemy's Transportation: Inconvenient Barriers; Destroying the Enemy's Resources: Habitat Modification; Enlisting Allies: Biological Controls; Bugout: Postexposure Prophylaxis; Part 4: Besieging Walled Cities; Mopping Up: Disease Eradication and Elimination; Occupation: Public Health Enforcement Recruitment: Help WantedWho's Going to Pay for This?; Tuberculosis: The Million-Year War; Postscript: Making Friends; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780648903321 |
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Callahan Joan R
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| Santa Barbara, CA, : Greenwood Press, c2010 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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I virus / a cura di Giovanni Battista Rossi ; contributi di F. Belardelli ... [et al.]
| I virus / a cura di Giovanni Battista Rossi ; contributi di F. Belardelli ... [et al.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Milano : Le Scienze, 1985 |
| Descrizione fisica | 84 p. : ill. (alcune color.) ; 29 cm |
| Disciplina | 571.992 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
Rossi, Giovanni Battista
Belardelli, Filippo |
| Collana | Le scienze. Quaderni ; 22 |
| Soggetto topico | Viruses |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | ita |
| Record Nr. | UNISALENTO-991003296779707536 |
| Milano : Le Scienze, 1985 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. del Salento | ||
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