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The new plagues : pandemics and poverty in a globalized world / Stefan H.E. Kaufmann ; with the assistance of Susan Schädlich ; translated by Michael Capone ; Klaus Wiegandt, general editor.

Title
The new plagues : pandemics and poverty in a globalized world / Stefan H.E. Kaufmann ; with the assistance of Susan Schädlich ; translated by Michael Capone ; Klaus Wiegandt, general editor.
Author
Kaufmann, S. H. E. (Stefan H. E.)
Publication
London : Haus, 2009.

Holdings

Details

Additional Authors
  • Schädlich, Susan.
  • Wiegandt, Klaus.
Description
xxii, 311 p. : ill. (some col.), maps; 19 cm.
Summary
Throughout history, infecious diseases and epidemics have eradicated whole regions, started migrations of peoples and decided wars. This volume describes the threat of modern pandemics and introduces possibilities and strategies for their containment.
Series Statement
The Sustainability project
Uniform Title
Wächst die Seuchengefahr. English
Alternative Title
Wächst die Seuchengefahr.
Subject
  • Communicable Disease Control > economics
  • Communicable Diseases, Emerging > epidemiology
  • Communicable diseases > Social aspects
  • Disease Outbreaks > economics
  • Epidemics > Economic aspects
  • Epidemics > Social aspects
  • Healthcare Disparities
  • Poor > Medical care
  • Poverty
  • Socioeconomic Factors
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
1. Introduction -- 2. The invaders -- 3. The defenders -- 4. Coexistence of mankind and microbe -- 5. More than a body count : the major infectious diseases -- 6. Antimicrobials -- 7. Self-defense : immunization -- 8. Poverty and infectous diseases from a global point of view -- 9. Swimming against the tide -- 10. Hot spots for old and new empdemics -- 11. Five to or five past twelve?
ISBN
  • 9781906598136 (pbk.)
  • 1906598134 (pbk.)
LCCN
^^2009482121