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Wood Wood Neil Morris "Discusses wood as a material, including historical uses, current uses, collection, and recycling"--Provided by publisher. OL15028363W
The common cold The common cold Elaine Landau "Provides basic information about the common cold and its prevention"--Provided by publisher. OL15040432W
The new killer diseases The new killer diseases Elinor Levy The strange new disease SARS erupted apparently out of nowhere and has spread at an astonishing rate. Scary as SARS itself is, the disease is also a warning of many possible such outbreaks to come. F… OL15838688W
The geographic spread of infectious diseases The geographic spread of infectious diseases Lisa Sattenspiel x, 286 p. : 24 cm OL15906725W
Autumn Autumn David Moody A disease of unimaginable ferocity has torn across the face of the planet leaving billions dead. A small group of survivors shelter in the remains of a devastated city, hiding in terror as the full e… OL15935488W
The domestic and international impacts of the 2009-H1N1 influenza a pandemic The domestic and international impacts of the 2009-H1N1 influenza a pandemic Eileen R. Choffnes,David A. Relman,Alison Mack "In March and early April 2009, a new, swine-origin 2009-H1N1 influenza A virus emerged in Mexico and the United States. During the first few weeks of surveillance, the virus spread by human-to-human… OL16114529W
Influenza Influenza Clay Farris Naff Describes the disease, how it spreads to threaten large populations, and how it can be treated and prevented, and discusses controversies over said treatments and personal experiences with the diseas… OL16212056W
The case of the infected tick The case of the infected tick Michelle Faulk What do you get when you combine evil microbes trying to harm the circulatory system and a super detective skilled at Body System Disease Investigations? You get crime-solving super sleuth Annie Biot… OL16263126W
Plagues, pox, and pestilence Plagues, pox, and pestilence Richard Platt Provides a history of disease and pestilence as told from the point of view of the bugs and pests that caused them, from common diseases such as influenza, malaria and tuberculosis to such rare disea… OL16282998W
The origins of AIDS The origins of AIDS Jacques Pepin "This compelling new account traces the origins and development of the most dramatic and destructive disease epidemic of modern times. Jacques Pepin looks back to the early twentieth-century events i… OL16307808W
Whooping cough Whooping cough Toney Allman "This series objectively and thoughtfully explores topics of medical importance. Books include sections on a description of the disease or disorder and how it affects the body, as well as diagnosis a… OL16342670W
12.21 12.21 Dustin Thomason An ancient prophecy fortells that the world will end on the 21 December 2012. In Central America, a treasure hutner discovers a Maya relic - a mysterious and ornate codex, but when he smuggles it int… OL16499151W
Pandemic planning Pandemic planning David R. Black,J. Eric Dietz "Offering research and evidence-based guidelines for strategic plan development, this book draws on the lessons learned over three years of pandemic preparedness exercises. Collaborating with nationa… OL16557597W
The hallowed ones The hallowed ones Laura Bickle Amish teen Katie smuggles a gravely injured young man, an outsider, into her family's barn despite the elders' ruling that no one can come in or out of the community while some mysterious and massive… OL16645684W
Health transitions and the double disease burden in Asia and the Pacific Health transitions and the double disease burden in Asia and the Pacific Kerrie L. Macpherson,Milton James Lewis "Chronic diseases--cardiovascular disease, cancer, chronic respiratory disease and diabetes--are not only the principal cause of world-wide mortality but also are now responsible for a striking incre… OL16653983W
Travel Medicine Travel Medicine Anna Helena Elvire Roukens Along with the dramatic 6% per annum increase in global travel in recent years, has come an increased potential risk for the spread of disease. The wide variety of people traveling by many different … OL17856194W
The Air We Breathe The Air We Breathe Andrea Barrett "An evocative panorama of America...on the cusp of enormous change" (Newsday) by the National Book Award-winning author ofShip Fever. In the fall of 1916, America prepares for war--but in the communi… OL1845082W
Hamsterimmune responses in infectious and oncologic diseases Hamsterimmune responses in infectious and oncologic diseases J. Wayne Streilein This volume comprises the written contributions of participants in a symposium held in Dallas, Texas, June 3-5, 1980. This more recent meeting was more pointed in its focus and the contributions appe… OL19310609W
Mathematical Modelling of Immune Response in Infectious Diseases Mathematical Modelling of Immune Response in Infectious Diseases Guri I. Marchuk This is the first monograph to present a unified approach to using mathematical models in the study of qualitative and quantitative regularities of immune response dynamics in infectious diseases wit… OL19886308W
The social ecology of infectious diseases The social ecology of infectious diseases Hank Pizer,Kenneth H. Mayer Social Ecology of Infectious Diseases explores how human activities enable microbes to disseminate and evolve, thereby creating favorable conditions for the diverse manifestations of communicable dis… OL19902521W
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