Emerging Biological Threats: A Reference Guide (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780313372094)

An engaging, nontechnical discussion of the infectious diseases and other biological threats that pose the highest risk to humans, presented in the context of relevant environmental and sociological trends.

What biological agents should we truly be afraid of? Which have garnered more attention than they warrant? Emerging Biological Threats: A Reference Guide is the antidote for the confusion surrounding the potentially devastating impact of pathogens on the human community. Written by a frontline professional in epidemiology, it is the most authoritative yet engagingly written resource available on the real risks we face, and the countermeasures used to confront them.

Emerging Biological Threats provides the information needed to understand significant direct threats to human health, as well as those that impact us indirectly by destroying livestock and crops. Focused primarily on the United States, it offers science-based yet accessible explorations of HIV, influenza, drug-resistant pathogens, tuberculosis, meningitis, and more. In addition, the book assesses current predictions about the future spread of various diseases as a result of climate change and overpopulation. The book concludes with chapters on relevant environmental and sociological trends and a discussion of current public health strategy.

Author: Joan R. Callahan
ISBN-10: 0313372098
ISBN-13: 9780313372094
Publisher: Greenwood
Language: English
Published: 12/01/2009
Pages: 344
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.90lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.00w x 1.00d

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 05/01/2010 pg. 99
Choice 08/01/2010
Scitech Book News 03/01/2010 pg. 72