epidemiology

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.

Presents biographical profiles of six medical researchers who have made significant contributions to epidemiology, including John Snow, Louis Pasteur, Walter Reed, Alice Hamilton, C. J. Peters, and Mary-Claire King.

Highlights the background and experiences of people who track diseases in large populations and try to discover the causes of those diseases.

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

A collection of essays by Nobel Prize-winning experts that explore the world of infectious diseases.

Chronicles the history of the Centers for Disease Control against the backdrop of the 1995 Ebola outbreak in Zaire, discussing the origins and accomplishments of the fifty-year-old agency, and looking at some of the doctors who risk their lives to fight deadly diseases.

Describes the field of epidemiology and its history, presenting historical and modern case studies and biological explanations of some diseases.

Discusses the return of epidemics in modern times, possible causes, and how they are tracked and controlled.

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.