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- Facts about ebola byCall Number: AFRICANA Vertical File: Inquire in Africana
Ebola and Marburg viruses : molecular and cellular biologyCall Number: MUDD LIBRARY - 616.925 E16ISBN: 0954523237
Ebola, culture, and politics : the anthropology of an emerging diseaseCall Number: Africana - 614.496 H612eISBN: 0495009180
The Ebola Outbreak in West Africa by Call Number: Herskovits Library - RC140.5 B34 2015ISBN: 9780996973922Publication Date: 2015-09-12- Ebola war : the nurses of GuluCall Number: MITCHELL MULTIMEDIA - 616.925 E163 dvd
Emerging Infectious Diseases by
This new work updates the highly regarded first edition...and is equally excellent. It offers a wealth of timely information about a variety of emerging and reemerging infections...This is an excellent reference for anyone interested in emerging infections, and will be a valuable resource for health science students, especially those in nursing and public health....Highly recommended. Upper-level undergraduates through professionals/practitioners."--Choice Emerging, re-emerging, and antibiotic-resistant infectious diseases continue to increase at an alarming rate throughout the world. Written for a wide range of health professionals, particularly nurses, this revised edition provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of these diseases: their epidemiology, clinical manifestations, prevention, and treatment. With contributions by a multidisciplinary team of nurses, physicians, and infectious disease specialists, the book includes material on the most recent and important new emerging infectious diseases: Avian influenza and SARS Issues of demographics and microbial resistance Special topics, including bioterrorism Behavioral and cultural factors Infectious etiologies of chronic diseases Travel and recreational exposure Each chapter is amply illustrated with clinical case examples to demonstrate the pitfalls in differential diagnosis and elucidate proper management and treatment. Valuable appendices provide critical reference information for each of the bacterial, viral, fungal, and parasitic diseases.
Call Number: Main Library 616.9 E53ISBN: 0826102506Publication Date: 2007-08-01
The Hot Zone by
A highly infectious, deadly virus from the central African rain forest suddenly appears in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. There is no cure. In a few days 90 percent of its victims are dead. A secret military SWAT team of soldiers and scientists is mobilized to stop the outbreak of this exotic "hot" virus.The Hot Zonetells this dramatic story, giving a hair-raising account of the appearance of rare and lethal viruses and their "crashes" into the human race. Shocking, frightening, and impossible to ignore,The Hot Zoneproves that truth really is scarier than fiction. From the Paperback edition.
Call Number: Main Library 614.57 P939hISBN: 0679430946Publication Date: 1994-09-20
Outbreak investigations around the world : case studies in infectious disease field epidemiologyCall Number: Galter Health Sciences Library - WA 105 O943 2010ISBN: 9780763751432
Viruses, plagues, and history : past, present, and futureCall Number: Main - 614.57 O44v 2010ISBN: 0195327314
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