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020 _a9780123264602
020 _a012326460X
020 _a9781429478687
_q(electronic bk.)
020 _a1429478683
_q(electronic bk.)
020 _a0080491987
_q(electronic bk.)
020 _a9780080491981
_q(electronic bk.)
035 _a(OCoLC)162129302
040 _aDLC
_beng
_cDLC
_dAU
049 _aAlfaisal Main Library
050 4 _aRA644.H32
_bH37 1999eb
060 4 _a1999 F-589
060 4 _aWC 501
_bH293o 1999
100 1 _aHarper, David R.
_q(David Richard)
245 1 0 _aOf mice, men, and microbes :
_bhantavirus /
_cDavid R. Harper, Andrea S. Meyer.
260 _aSan Diego :
_bAcademic Press,
_c©1999.
300 _a1 online resource (xv, 278 pages) :
_billustrations (some color), maps
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 257-263) and index.
505 0 _aThe heart of America, the middle of nowhere -- An outbreak of fear -- Unraveling the mystery -- Putting the puzzle together -- Of mice and men -- At last, a plan -- Hantaviruses : out of Asia -- Other hantaviruses -- Three billion years -- On the origin of viruses -- Changes, concealment, and Trojan horses -- Cousins -- What we know -- How to stop a virus -- Outbreaks.
520 _aIn May 1993, a cluster of cases of a lethal disease among healthy young people brought the attention of the world to the southwestern deserts. A previously unknown disease was killing up to 80% of the people it infected. The reaction in the area and across the nation mixed fear, lack of information, and the struggles of doctors to save the victims of an unknown killer with hard science and the age old rhythmns of the desert. What came out was the story of a virus that had been killing since man arrived in the American continents, Hantavirus, with deadly relatives across the Americas and across the world. This book explains why and how the virus kills, and why it is still killing today. Why all of the science aimed at a virus identified back in 1993 has not brought a vaccine or a cure is part of the story, as is how that killer virus fits into the story of "new" diseases across the world. The story of hantavirus disease, what has happened since that first outbreak, and what the real risks are is laid out by an experienced scientist and an award winning journalist living and working in the area of the 1993 outbreak. Key Features * Covers the full story of the recent hantavirus outbreak * Includes interviews with survivors, and local reaction * Presents the science in lay terms * Places the event in the broader context of emerging diseases worldwide * The only account which takes the reader beyond the initial outbreak in 1993-1994, bringing them up to late 1998 * Discusses hantavirus disease in the U.S., Argentina, and Canada.
588 0 _aPrint version record.
590 _aElsevier
_bScienceDirect All Books
650 0 _aHantavirus infections
_zFour Corners Region.
650 7 _aMEDICAL
_xPreventive Medicine.
_2bisacsh
650 7 _aMEDICAL
_xForensic Medicine.
_2bisacsh
650 7 _aMEDICAL
_xPublic Health.
_2bisacsh
650 7 _aHantavirus infections.
_2fast
_0(OCoLC)fst00951098
651 7 _aUnited States
_zFour Corners Region.
_2fast
_0(OCoLC)fst01239650
650 1 2 _aHantavirus Infections
_xepidemiology.
650 2 2 _aDisease Outbreaks.
650 2 2 _aHantavirus.
650 0 2 _aAnimals.
650 0 2 _aHumans.
650 0 2 _aMale.
650 0 2 _aMice.
651 4 _aSouthwestern United States.
655 7 _aElectronic books.
_2local
700 1 _aMeyer, Andrea S.
710 2 _aScienceDirect eBooks.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aHarper, David R. (David Richard).
_tOf mice, men, and microbes.
_dSan Diego : Academic Press, ©1999
_z012326460X
_z9780123264602
_w(DLC) 99060590
_w(OCoLC)41960103
856 4 0 _uhttp://ezproxy.alfaisal.edu/login?url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780123264602
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_cEBOOKS
264 _c©1999.
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