epidemiology

Discusses disease outbreaks, epidemiology, microbes, historic plagues, modern killers such as Ebola and Legionnaires' disease, pandemics such as AIDS, and other problems, such as bioterrorism, Lyme disease, West Nile virus, SARS, and more.

Presents an introduction to killer diseases, discussing the history of human diseases, their origins, causes, and treatments, and looking at the risk they pose to future health.

A collection of medical cases concerned with strange illnesses and rare diseases gathered from the 1940's through 1984.

A study of new and reappearing diseases that have been causing death and terror around the world in the last few decades of the twentieth century, spotlighting the doctors and scientists who are risking their lives to contain the viruses, and arguing that the deadly microbes are a result of the human impact on earth's ecosystem.

An account of the challenges that infectious diseases pose for mankind, and the conditions that favor and even promote the spread of these diseases.

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.

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.

Describes with photographic illustrations and text, how doctors and public health investigators work to unravel the mysteries surrounding unusual symptoms, unexplained poisonings, and outbreaks of rare or previously unknown diseases.

Discusses the use and development of vaccines, the field of epidemiology, the role of the Center for Disease Control and the World Health Organization, and more, and covers pioneering scientists such as Edward Jenner, Richard Doll, and Jonas E. Salk.