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On pandemics : deadly diseases from bubonic plague to coronavirus / David Waltner-Toews.
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- Author/Creator:
- Waltner-Toews, David, 1948- author.
- Standardized Title:
- Chickens fight back
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Zoonoses.
- Epidemics.
- Animals as carriers of disease.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
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- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Vancouver ; Berkeley : Greystone Books, [2020]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- 1. An Introduction to the Second Edition
- 2. Threats, Outbreaks, Epidemics, and Pandemics: A Primer
- 3. Zoonoses and Diseases People Get from Other Animals
- 4. Plagues, Rats, and the Perfection of Fleas
- 5. Lyme, with a Twist
- 6. Biting Flies, Kissing Bugs, and Sleeping Sickness
- 7. Western Equine Encephalitis, Television, and Air Conditioning
- 8. West Nile Virus and the St. Louis Blues
- 9. The Chickens Fight Back, with Ducks
- 10. Queens of the South: Nipah, SARS-COV, and SARS-COV-2
- 11. Rats, Bats, and Monkeys: Lassa, Ebola, and Marburg
- 12. Splashing through Rat Piss: Leptospires and Hantaviruses
- 13. All the Rage
- 14. Abortion in the Sandbox and Other Pet Problems
- 15. Poker Players' Pneumonia
- 16. Bang's Disease and the White Plague
- 17. Dog Parasites in the Land of the Gods
- 18. Stories for the InterPandemic
- Selected Readings
- Acknowledgments for the second edition
- Index
- Copyright Page
- Notes:
- Originally published as: The chickens fight back : pandemic panics and deadly diseases that jump from animals to humans / David Waltner-Toews. Greystone Books : Vancouver, ©2007.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 04, 2020).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Waltner-Toews, David, 1948- Chickens fight back. On pandemics.
- ISBN:
- 9781771648127
- 1771648120
- Publisher Number:
- 99985017767
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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