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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The fatal strain The fatal strain Alan Sipress A riveting account of why science alone can't stop the next pandemicWhen avian flu began spreading across Asia in the early-2000s, it reawakened fears that had lain dormant for nearly a century. Duri… OL13740762W
Pathologies of power Pathologies of power Paul Farmer Pathologies of Power uses harrowing stories of life--and death--in extreme situations to interrogate our understanding of human rights. Paul Farmer, a physician and anthropologist with twenty years o… OL15893773W
Control of communicable diseases in man Control of communicable diseases in man Abram S. Benenson Global presentation of communicable diseases. Intended as informative text for health personnel, as well as for public health administrators preparing regulations and legal requirements. Alphabetic… OL18208785W
Ethics and infectious disease Ethics and infectious disease M. Pabst Battin,Michael J. Selgelid This seminal collection on the ethical issues associated with infectious disease is the first book to correct bioethics' glaring neglect of this subject. OL18766434W
Communicating public health information effectively Communicating public health information effectively Ross Brownson,Patrick L. Remington As the first of its kind, this book provides a comprehensive approach to help public health practitioners in both the public and private sector to improve their ability to communicate with different … OL20717106W
CDC Yellow Book 2018 CDC Yellow Book 2018 Gary W. Brunette,Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Staff 1 online resource (705 pages) OL21150648W
The coming plague The coming plague Laurie Garrett This is an amazing book that Laura Garrett wrote back in the 90's. For anyone that has read the more popular book by Richard Preston "The Hot Zone" this is a must read. It is a much tighter more info… OL3373979W
The American Plague The American Plague Molly Caldwell Crosby In this account, a journalist traces the course of yellow fever, stopping in 1878 Memphis to "vividly [evoke] the Faulkner-meets-'Dawn of the Dead' horrors,"*-and moving on to today's strain of the k… OL8110309W
Environmental Aspects of Zoonotic Diseases Environmental Aspects of Zoonotic Diseases Robert Armon Environmental Aspects of Zoonotic Diseases provides a definitive description, commentary and research needs of environmental aspects related to zoonotic diseases. There are many interrelated connecti… OL9791443W