Deadly outbreaks how medical detectives save lives threatened by killer pandemics, exotic viruses, and drug-resistant parasites

Summary: Despite advances in health care, infectious microbes continue to be a formidable adversary to scientists and doctors. Vaccines and antibiotics, the mainstays of modern medicine, have not been able to conquer infectious microbes because of their amazing ability to adapt, evolve, and spread to new places. Terrorism aside, one of the greatest dangers from infectious disease we face today is from a massive outbreak of drug-resistant microbes. Deadly Outbreaks recounts the scientific adventures of a special group of intrepid individuals who investigate these outbreaks around.

Record details

ISBN: 9781628734546 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 162873454X (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9781626360358
ISBN: 1626360359
Physical Description: electronic resource
remote
1 online resource (xvii, 222 pages)
Publisher: New York : Skyhorse Publishing, Inc., 2013.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-222).
Formatted Contents Note:	Dead crows falling from the sky -- The McConnon strain -- Sorrow and statistics -- Obsession or inspiration -- Dangerous desserts -- The red mist -- A normal spring -- Epilogue -- Where are they now? -- Chapter notes.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.