Libros
Michael T. Osterholm y Mark Olshaker · Little, Brown and Company, 2017
A leading epidemiologist shares his "powerful and necessary" stories from the front lines of our war on infectious diseases and explains how to prepare for global epidemics (Richard Preston, author of The Hot Zone ). Unlike natural disasters, whose destruction is concentrated in a limited area over a period of days, and illnesses, which have devastating effects but are limited to individuals and their families, infectious disease has the terrifying power to disrupt everyday life on a global scale, overwhelming public and private resources and bringing trade and transportation to a grinding halt. In today's world, it's easier than ever to move people, animals, and materials around the planet, but the same advances that make modern infrastructure so efficient have made epidemics and even pandemics nearly inevitable.
And as outbreaks of COVID-19, Ebola, MERS, and Zika have demonstrated, we are woefully underprepared to deal with the fallout. So what can -- and must -- we do in order to protect ourselves from mankind's deadliest enemy? Drawing on the latest medical science, case studies, policy research, and hard-earned epidemiological lessons, Deadliest Enemy explores the resources and programs we need to develop if we are to keep ourselves safe from infectious disease.
The authors show how we could wake up to a reality in which many antibiotics no longer cure, bioterror is a certainty, and the threat of a disastrous influenza or coronavirus pandemic looms ever larger. Only by understanding the challenges we face can we prevent the unthinkable from becoming the inevitable. Deadliest Enemy is high scientific drama, a chronicle of medical mystery and discovery, a reality check, and a practical plan of action.
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Universitario
Richard L. Guerrant, David H. Walker y otros
Elsevier Espana, 2002
Esta obra se hace eco del riesgo cada vez mayor que suponen las enfermedades tropicales para la salud de la población, ya que un 80% de la población mundial se concentra en zonas tropicales y el 20% restante cada vez tiene más que ver con estas zonas debido al rápido aumento de los viajes internacionales a zonas…
Universitario
Miguel Angel Cuenya, Rosalina Estrada Urroz
Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Instituto de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades "Alfonso Vélez Pliego", 2013
"Desde diferentes espacios geográficos de México y América Latina y a partir de fuentes de primera mano, este libro nos introduce en la enfermedad, la higiene y el control social. Desfilan ante nosotros padecimientos como el tifo, el tracoma y el cáncer, además de las epidemias como la gripe y la influenza. También…
Divulgación · En inglés
Eula Biss
Graywolf Press, 2014
A New York Times Best Seller A National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist A New York Times Book Review Top 10 Book of the Year A Facebook "Year of Books" Selection One of the Best Books of the Year * National Book Critics Circle Award finalist * The New York Times Book Review (Top 10) * Entertainment Weekly (Top 10)…
Universitario · En inglés
Arie J. Zuckerman
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2004
The knowledge and practice of clinical virology continues to expand. This new fifth edition has thirty-six comprehensive chapters, each of which has been extensively revised or rewritten, with the addition of new colour plates. This updated version takes into account knowledge accumulated in molecular biology with…
Divulgación · En inglés
Sebastian G. B. Amyes
CRC, 2001
From the day that Paul Ehrlich hailed his newly discovered treatment for syphilis as the magic bullet, antibiotics have transformed medical practice. They are considered one of the miracle drugs of the 20th century. However, the massive and increasing misuse of these agents is More...causing a problem of resistance…
