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Author Link, Kurt, 1937-

Title Understanding new, resurgent, and resistant diseases : how man and globalization create and spread illness / Kurt Link.

Publication Info. Westport, Conn. : Praeger Publishers, 2007.

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 Moore Stacks  RA643 .L56 2007    Available  ---
Description xiv, 179 pages ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-175) and index.
Contents Definitions and sources -- Vectors -- History of diseases -- New diseases are increasing -- How resurgent diseases make a comeback -- Zoonosis -- Diseases of affluence -- Bioterrorism and agroterrorism -- Environmental pathogens -- New diseases -- Diseases of unknown cause that may be infectious -- Greenhouse effect -- Prevention -- Applied research -- Public health.
Subject Emerging infectious diseases.
Emerging infectious diseases.
Communicable diseases -- Transmission.
Communicable diseases -- Transmission.
Environmentally induced diseases.
Environmentally induced diseases.
Globalization -- Health aspects.
Globalization -- Health aspects.
Diseases -- History.
Diseases.
History.
Infectieziekten.
Virusziekten.
Terugkeer.
Vaccinatie.
Resistentie.
ISBN 9780275991265 alkaline paper
0275991261 alkaline paper