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Title

Bird flu : a virus of our own hatching / Michael Greger.

Author

Greger, Michael

Publication

New York, NY : Lantern Books, c2006.

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Description

xviii, 465 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

The author explores the underlying conditions that would create a bird flu pandemic, examines the ways in which the public can protect themselves and their families, and describes what can be done to reduce the likelihood of spreading this disease.

Subject

• Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype
• Disease Outbreaks
• Influenza in Birds
• Influenza, Human
• Avian influenza
• Avian influenza > History
• Epidemics
• Pandemics

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 359-449) and index.

Contents

[ch. 1.] Storm gathering -- 1. 1918 -- 2. Master of metamorphosis -- 3. H5N1 -- 4. Playing chicken -- 5. Worse than 1918? -- 6. When, not if -- [ch. 2.] When animal viruses attack -- 7. The third age -- 8. Man made -- 9. Livestock revolution -- 10. Tracing the flight path -- 11. One flu over the chicken's nest -- 12. Coming home to roost -- 13. Guarding the henhouse -- [ch. 3.] Pandemic preparedness -- 14. Cooping up bird flu -- 15. Race against time -- 16. Tamiflu -- [ch. 4.] Surviving the pandemic -- 17. Don't wing it -- 18. Our health in our hands -- 19. Be prepared -- [ch. 5.] Preventing future pandemics -- 20. Tinderbox -- 21. Reining in the pale horse.

ISBN

1590560981 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2006027971

OCLC

• 71146431
• SCSB-10271226

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library