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  • Zika

    From the Brazilian Backlands to Global Threat

    by Debora Diniz ...
    Translated by Diane Grosklaus Whitty ...
    Winner of the 2017 Jabuti Book PrizeThe Zika virus is devastating lives and communities. Children across the Americas are being born with severe disabilities because of it. Yet during the desolating outbreak, Brazil played host to both the Olympics and the FIFA World Cup, leading many to suspect that the true impact of the virus has been subject to a cover-up of international proportions.Beginning ... Read more

    $22.19 USD

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  • Pale Rider

    The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How It Changed the World

    by Laura Spinney ...
    The haunting story of a virus that triggered the worst pandemic of modern times.**“Both a saga of tragedies and a detective story.” —**The GuardianThe flu pandemic of 1918–1920 was one of the greatest human disasters of all time. It infected a third of the people on Earth—from the poorest immigrants of New York City to the king of Spain, Franz Kafka, Mahatma Gandhi, and Woodrow Wilson. But despite ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

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  • Deadliest Enemy

    Our War Against Killer Germs

    by Mark Olshaker, Michael T. Osterholm ...
    A leading epidemiologist shares his "powerful and necessary" (Richard Preston, author of The Hot Zone) stories from the front lines of our war on infectious diseases and explains how to prepare for global epidemics -- featuring a new preface on COVID-19.Unlike natural disasters, whose destruction is concentrated in a limited area over a period of days, and illnesses, which have devastating ... Read more

    $17.29 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Death By The Black Death - Ancient History 5th Grade | Children's History

    by Baby Professor ...
    The Black Death killed thousands of people during a time when hygiene was questionable and diseases unknown. Today, we can only look back at the gruesome events of the past with the goal of learning from them. Scientific advancements were experienced after the Black Death, and we are still feeling these benefits up until the present. ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Living with Germs:In sickness and in health

    In sickness and in health

    by John Playfair ...
    The word germ is defined as 'a microbe that causes disease'. The vast majority of microbes do not infect us at all: it is pathogens that make us ill. These include bacteria, viruses, protozoa, fungi, worms, and prions. Living with Germs not only looks at all of these in detail, but also at the defence mechanisms by which we come to terms with them, whether by eliminating them, stopping them from ... Read more

    $11.39 USD

  • The End of Epidemics

    The Looming Threat to Humanity and How to Stop It

    by Jonathan D. Quick, Bronwyn Fryer ...
    "Jonathan Quick offers a compelling and intensely readable plan to prevent worldwide infectious outbreaks. The End of Epidemics is essential reading for those who might be affected by a future pandemic—that is, just about everyone."—Sandeep Jauhar, bestselling author of Heart: A HistoryThe 2020 outbreak of coronavirus has terrified the world--and revealed how unprepared we are for the next ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • Diseases of Poverty

    Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, and Modern Plagues

    by Lisa V. Adams, John R. Butterly ...
    Only a few decades ago, we were ready to declare victory over infectious diseases. Today, infectious diseases are responsible for significant morbidity and mortality throughout the world. This book examines the epidemiology and social impact of past and present infectious disease epidemics in the developing and developed world. In the introduction, the authors define global health as a discipline, ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Ebola

    Profile of a Killer Virus

    by Dorothy H. Crawford ...
    First discovered in 1976, and long regarded as an easily manageable virus affecting isolated rural communities, Ebola rocketed to world prominence in 2014 as a deadly epidemic swept through Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia in West Africa. Thousands of people died as the extraordinarily contagious disease spread rapidly from villages to urban centres. Initial quarantine responses proved often too ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • HIV/AIDS Communication in South Africa

    Are You Human?

    by C. Chasi ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    Even though sub-Saharan Africa is the region most affected by HIV/AIDS in the world, no new theories have been discovered, and questions about life and death are ignored. This book uses certain selected communication practices to offer the foundations of an African theory of communication, applicable to the crisis of HIV/AIDS. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Contemporary Diagnosis and Management of Clostridium difficile Infection®

    by Erik R. Dubberke, MD, MSPH, Curtis J. Donskey, MD ...
    Clostridium difficile has joined the ranks of the “super bugs” that are often resistant to antimicrobials and are flourishing in hospitals and long-term care facilities. This new handbook, written by two leading infectious disease experts, examines the epidemiology of C difficile infection, its increasing prevalence worldwide, and the options for treatment and prevention. The practice-based ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Understanding West Africa's Ebola Epidemic

    Towards a Political Economy

    Edited by Ibrahim Abdullah, Ismail Rashid ...
    Series series Security and Society in Africa
    From 2013 to 2015, over 11,000 people across West Africa lost their lives to the deadliest outbreak of the Ebola virus in history. Crucially, this epidemic marked the first time the virus was able to spread beyond rural areas to major cities, overturning conventional assumptions about its epidemiology.With backgrounds ranging from development to disease control, the contributors to this volume - ... Read more

    $26.49 USD

  • Epidemic, Pandemic, Should I Call the Medic? Biology Books for Kids | Children's Biology Books

    by Baby Professor ...
    What is the difference between epidemics and pandemics? Learn the difference and more in this cool biology book for kids. Reading about anything and everything under the sun trains a child’s mind to accept information in all forms and presentations. Encourage your child to read. Grab a copy today! ... Read more

    $3.99 USD