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The chickens fight back pandemic panics and deadly diseases that jump from animals to humans

Waltner-Toews, David 1948- (Author).

Summary: Emerging diseases like mad cow, SARS, and avian flu are -- for the moment, at least -- far more prevalent in animals than in humans. Still, the knowledge that measles, TB, and smallpox were at one time "emerging" diseases that eventually made a permanent, and quite deadly, jump to humans gives epidemiologists pause. This book examines the various groups of animal diseases, explains what attracts them to the human population -- from food to sex to living conditions -- and offers suggestions for keeping them at bay. It also points out that diseases must be looked at from an ecological, cultural, and

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ISBN: 1926685016 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9781926685014 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (246 p.)
Publisher: Vancouver : Greystone Books, c2007.

Content descriptions

General Note:	CatMonthString:january.17 Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-234) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	[pt. 1]. Of pandemic panic -- 1. An image looking for a story -- 2. Epidemics, pandemics, and zoonoses : an introduction -- [pt. 2]. And scurrying beasties -- 3. Plagues, rats, and the perfection of fleas -- 4. The world looking at itself -- 5. Biting flies, kissing bugs, and sleeping sickness -- [pt. 3]. Of singing and flight -- 6. Western equine encephalitis, television, and air conditioning -- 7. West Nile Virus and the St. Louis Blues -- 8. The chickens fight back -- [pt. 4]. And things that go bump in the night -- 9. Out of nowhere : Nipah Virus and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome -- 10. The darkness bleeds in : Lassa, Ebola, and Marburg -- 11. Splashing through rat piss : leptospires and hantaviruses -- 12. All the rage -- [pt. 5]. With all our most constant companions -- 13. Abortion in the sandbox and other pet problems -- 14. Poker players' pneumonia -- 15. Bang's disease and the White Plague -- 16. Dog parasites in the land of the gods -- [pt. 6]. Shall we tell our tales of woe and delight -- 17. The meaning of Pulcher's omen -- Selected readings -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.