| Description |
xx, 315 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
The complete idiot's guide |
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Complete idiot's guide.
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| Contents |
1. Understanding the enemy: infection and disease -- 2. Raging epidemics -- 3. Hot viruses and other killer bugs -- 4. Scourges of our own creation |
| Summary |
Includes material on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, sexually transmitted diseases, viral hepatitis, fungal infections, cholera, dysentery, mosquito and tick-borne diseases, childhood diseases, tropical diseases, food-borne diseases, ebola virus, ulcers, viral cancers, antibiotic resistance, and hospital infections |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-290) and index |
| Subject |
Epidemics.
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Infectious diseases -- Popular works
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Communicable diseases -- Popular works.
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Epidemics -- Popular works.
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Bioterrorism -- Popular works.
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Communicable Diseases.
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Bioterrorism.
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Risk Factors.
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Disease Outbreaks.
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| Genre/Form |
Popular Work.
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Popular works.
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Popular works
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| Author |
Cohen, Ann (Ann H.)
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| LC no. |
2002106338 |
| ISBN |
0028643593 |
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