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Secret agents : the menace of emerging infections / Madeline Drexler ; cover design by Bill Stanton ; illustrations by Kathryn Born.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Drexler, Madeline, 1954- author.
Contributor:
Stanton, Bill, 1953- book designer.
Born, Kathryn, illustrator.
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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