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Twenty-first century plague : the story of SARS

Title
Twenty-first century plague : the story of SARS / Thomas Abraham.
Author
Abraham, Thomas, 1956-
Publication
Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005.

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165 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
Summary
"Before it was reined in by a remarkable international scientific effort, the SARS virus demonstrated just how vulnerable human society is to disease. Emerging new infectious diseases like SARS have been erupting at an alarming rate over the past few decades. There is every indication that the world will continue to face new viral diseases, some of which will be much more lethal and contagious than SARS." "This book looks at the emergence of new diseases, as well as the politics and economics of disease. It provides the first behind-the-scenes account of how the battle against SARS was fought in Hong Kong, China and at the global level. A crucial success in the battle was the identification of the SARS virus."--BOOK JACKET.
Subject
  • SARS (Disease)
  • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome > epidemiology
  • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome > history
  • Communicable Diseases, Emerging
  • Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus > pathogenicity
ISBN
0801881242 (hardcover : alk. paper)
LCCN
2004110230
OCLC
  • ocm57416819
  • SCSB-5177331
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries