Secret Agents

The Menace of Emerging Infections

Madeline Drexler

332 pages, parution le 22/05/2002

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Résumé

Secret Agents looks at today's new and emerging infections—those that have increased in attack rate or geographic range, or threaten to do so—and tells the stories of scientists racing to catch up with invisible adversaries superior in both speed and guile. Each chapter focuses on a different threat: foodborne pathogens, antibiotic resistance, animals and insectborne diseases, pandemic influenza, infectious causes of chronic disease, and bioterrorism, including the latest information on the public health threats posed by anthrax and diseases such as smallpox.

Based in part on material collected from the Forum on Emerging Infections hosted by the Institute of Medicine in Washington, D.C., Secret Agents is ultimately as engaging as it is disturbing. Drexler's thorough survey of the field of infectious disease, supplemented by extensive interviews with today's top researchers, yields a compelling portrait of a world engaged in a clandestine war.

Contents

Disease in Disguise
Winged Victories
Food Fright
Superbugs
The Once and Future Pandemic
Infection Unmasked
Bioterror
Think Locally, Act Globally
Selected Bibliography
Index

Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Joseph Henry Press
Auteur(s)	Madeline Drexler
Parution	22/05/2002
Nb. de pages	332
Format	16 x 23,5
Couverture	Relié
Poids	696g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780309076388
ISBN13	978-0-309-07638-8