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Secret agents : the menace of emerging infections

Title
  1. Secret agents : the menace of emerging infections / Madeline Drexler.
Published by
  1. Washington, D.C. : Joseph Henry Press, [2002], ©2002.
Author
  1. Drexler, Madeline, 1954-

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Description
  1. vii, 316 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
  1. "The most ceaselessly creative bioterrorist is still Mother Nature. And her microbial operatives are all around us, thriving in the shadows, ready to pounce when conditions are right. From airborne anthrax to West Nile virus, from the deadly organisms hiding in our food to the next inevitable flu pandemic, Secret Agent reveals just what we're up against in humankind's perpetual war with germs."--BOOK JACKET.
Subject
  1. Epidemiology > Popular works
  2. Communicable diseases > United States
  3. Communicable Diseases
  4. Epidemiology
  5. Communicable Disease Control
Genre/Form
  1. Popular Work.
Contents
  1. 1. Disease in Disguise -- 2. Winged Victories -- 3. Food Fright -- 4. Superbugs -- 5. The Once and Future Pandemic -- 6. Infection Unmasked -- 7. Bioterror -- 8. Think Locally, Act Globally.
Owning institution
  1. Columbia University Libraries
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-295) and index.