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Animal viruses and humans, a narrow divide : how lethal zoonotic viruses spill over and threaten us / Warren A. Andiman.

By: Andiman, Warren [author.].
Publisher: Philadelphia : Paul Dry Books, ©2018Edition: First Paul Dry Books edition.Description: xv, 217 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781589881228.Subject(s): Zoonoses -- Epidemiology -- Popular works | Animals -- Virus diseases -- Epidemiology -- Popular works | Human-animal relationships -- Health aspects | Zoonoses -- epidemiologyGenre/Form: Popular works. | Popular Work. | Print books.
Contents:
Preface -- 1. Millions of tiny crowns wreak havoc in two kingdoms (or Never wipe a camel's nose) : MERS (Middle East respiratory syndrome) -- 2. It's a good thing pigs don't fly : swine influenza -- 3. National parks can be hazardous to your health : Hantavirus -- 4. Prairie dogs make lousy pets : monkeypox -- 5. A civet? What's a civet? : SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) -- 6. Miniature masters of a million microenvironments : viruses rule! -- 7. It's restraining bats and dogs : rabies -- 8. Behold the earth ... one mighty blood spot : Ebola virus disease -- 9. A witchy brew of bat spats, horse froth, and womb drips : Nipah and Hendra viruses -- Concluding remarks.
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Preface -- 1. Millions of tiny crowns wreak havoc in two kingdoms (or Never wipe a camel's nose) : MERS (Middle East respiratory syndrome) -- 2. It's a good thing pigs don't fly : swine influenza -- 3. National parks can be hazardous to your health : Hantavirus -- 4. Prairie dogs make lousy pets : monkeypox -- 5. A civet? What's a civet? : SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) -- 6. Miniature masters of a million microenvironments : viruses rule! -- 7. It's restraining bats and dogs : rabies -- 8. Behold the earth ... one mighty blood spot : Ebola virus disease -- 9. A witchy brew of bat spats, horse froth, and womb drips : Nipah and Hendra viruses -- Concluding remarks.

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