Contains twelve essays and documents that provide information about various aspects of epidemics, examining the science of epidemics, looking at five devastating plagues, and discussing prevention and control.
Examines various infectious diseases, including mononucleosis, chicken pox, and infections of the respiratory, gastrointestinal, and genitourinary systems.
Cartoons and facts combine to provide an overview of the search for Mary Mallon, also known as Typhoid Mary, who is thought to have caused the spread typhoid fever, a disease spread by bacteria in food and water, in New York in 1909.
Explores real cases of people contracting bird flu and a mad cow disease scare in Washington; includes definitions of medical terms, an overview of symptoms and treatments, and discussion on HIV; and contains an interview with an epidemiologist.
Explains how fungi can help and harm people; discusses cases of deadly fungi found in Utah, Ohio, and British Columbia; and includes an interview with a mycologist.
Provides information about pandemics--epidemics that spread throughout the world, features accounts of some of history's most devastating pandemics, including the 1918 outbreak of influenza, looks at some of the emerging diseases in the twenty-first century, and discusses technologies and treatments.
