communicable diseases

Presents an introduction to the AIDS epidemic, including information on what it is, how it spreads, and providing accounts from those who have it. Includes an explanation of how science and education are trying to put an end to the disease.

Presents a series of essays that examines the global effect of infectious diseases and the political and medical response to such things as AIDS, SARS, smallpox, and bioterrorism.

Profiles fifty deadly viral and bacterial diseases, including influenza, measles, gonorrhea, and salmonella; providing information on their origins, symptoms and effects, region of operation, historic outbreaks, and developments in treatment.

Presents an examination of the threat of microbial disease and outbreak, and provides discussion of the impact of globalization and population growth on the possibility of a large scale biological event.

Describes various sexually transmitted diseases, including AIDS, syphilis, gonorrhea, and genital herpes, and discusses their medical dangers and where to get help.

A discussion of a major type of natural disaster, including descriptions of some of the most destructive; explanations of these phenomena, what causes them, and where they occur; and information about how to prepare for and survive these forces of nature. Features include an activity, glossary, list of resources, and index.

Explains what disease is, what causes it, and how it is spread; discusses natural defenses, drugs, and treatments; looks at how advances in modern medicine have worked to cure disease; and considers future developments in the ongoing fight against disease.

When the lone survivor of a scientific expedition into the Amazon stumbles out of the jungle to die mysteriously in a small village--a man who had only one arm when he went in but two when he came out--the government asks Nathan Rand, the son of the expedition's leader, to try and retrace his father's footsteps and discover what happened.

Examines various infectious diseases, including mononucleosis, chicken pox, and infections of the respiratory, gastrointestinal, and genitourinary systems.