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Superbugs : an arms race against bacteria
- Title
- Superbugs : an arms race against bacteria / William Hall, Anthony McDonnell, and Jim O'Neill.
- Author
- Hall, William (Author of Superbugs)
- Publication
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2018.
- ©2018
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- Description
- ix, 246 pages : illustrations; 22 cm
- Summary
- Antibiotics are powerful drugs that can prevent and treat infections, but they are becoming less effective as a result of drug resistance. Superbugs describes this growing global threat, the systematic failures that have led to it, and solutions that governments, industries, and public health specialists can adopt.--
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-234) and index.
- Contents
- Foreword / Sally Davies -- Introduction -- Part I. The problem of drug resistance. When a scratch could kill -- The rise of resistance -- Failures in tackling drug-resistant infections -- Part II. Solutions to counter antimicrobial resistance. Incentives for new drug development -- Prevention is better than cure -- Reducing unnecessary use of antibiotics in humans -- Agriculture and the environment -- Next steps.
- Call Number
- JFD 19-1285
- ISBN
- 9780674975989
- 0674975987
- LCCN
- 2017049342
- 40028060529
- OCLC
- 1006478918
- Author
- Hall, William (Author of Superbugs), author.
- Title
- Superbugs : an arms race against bacteria / William Hall, Anthony McDonnell, and Jim O'Neill.
- Publisher
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2018.
- Copyright Date
- ©2018
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-234) and index.
- Added Author
- McDonnell, Anthony (Co-author of Superbugs), author.O'Neill, Jim (Economist), author.
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40028060529
- Research Call Number
- JFD 19-1285