Global pandemics and epidemics and how they relate to you
2020
eBook
Abstract: Global Pandemics and Epidemics and How They Relate to You provides information about outbreaks, epidemics, and pandemics and their related threats.
Main title:
Global pandemics and epidemics and how they relate to you / edited by Angela L. Williams.
Author:
Williams, Angela, 1963-, editorCredo Reference (Firm), distributor
Edition:
First edition.[Enhanced Credo edition]
Imprint:
Detroit, Michigan : Omnigraphics, [2020]Boston, Massachusetts : Credo Reference, 2020.
Collation:
1 online resource (50 entries) : 37 images ; digital files.
Series title:
Notes:
Description based on title page of print version.
System details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Linking notes:
Print version: xv, 497 pages : illustrations
Contents:
Outbreaks, epidemics, and pandemics -- History of epidemics and pandemics -- Epidemics and pandemics in the United States -- The pandemic threat : why it matters -- Major issues and challenges of influenza pandemic preparedness in developing countries -- HIV/AIDS -- Chikungunya -- Ebola -- Asian flu -- Hong Kong flu -- Influenza pandemics -- Malaria -- Seventh cholera pandemic -- Severe acute respiratory syndrome -- Smallpox -- Spanish flu -- Swine flu -- Tuberculosis -- Zika -- 1947 pseudopandemic influenza -- 1976 epidemic influenza -- 1977 epidemic influenza : disease management -- Antibiotic/antimicrobial resistance -- Global monitoring and planning -- Novel framework for assessing epidemiologic effects of influenza epidemics and pandemics -- What you need to do during outbreaks -- Vaccination of tier 1 through 5 by pandemic severity -- Next steps for the U.S. Government, states, and communities -- The United States' secret stash of vaccines -- Glossary of terms associated with outbreaks, epidemics, and pandemics -- Directory of organizations that provide information about global pandemics and epidemics.
Access restrictions:
Access restricted to authorized users and institutions.
ISBN:
9781787856912 (electronic version)0780818172 (electronic book)9780780818170 (electronic book)9780780818163 (library binding)
Dewey class:
614.4973
LC class:
RA650.5
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
501539
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