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Secret agents : the menace of emerging infections / Madeline Drexler ; cover design by Bill Stanton ; illustrations by Kathryn Born.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Drexler, Madeline, 1954- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Epidemiology--Popular works.
- Epidemiology.
- Communicable diseases--United States.
- Communicable diseases.
- Emerging infectious diseases.
- Communicable Diseases, Emerging.
- Disease Vectors.
- Disease Outbreaks--history.
- Disease Reservoirs.
- Epidemics.
- United States.
- Medical Subjects:
- Communicable Diseases, Emerging.
- Disease Vectors.
- Disease Outbreaks--history.
- Disease Reservoirs.
- Epidemics.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (326 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, District of Columbia : Joseph Henry Press, 2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Secret Agents looks at today's new and emerging infections and tells the stories of scientists racing to catch up with invisible adversaries superior in both speed and guile.
- Contents:
- Disease in disguise
- Winged victories
- Food fright
- Superbugs
- The once and future pandemic
- Infection unmasked
- Bioterror
- Think locally, act globally.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Drexler, Madeline, 1954- Secret agents.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-21001-X
- 9786610210015
- 0-309-51085-6
- OCLC:
- 53439239
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