Includes bonus PDF with charts, illustrations, and more. Compact discs. Read by Coleen Marlo.
Contents:
Introduction: "Just" the flu / by Jeanene Swanson -- Section 1: Pandemics : why we should be worried. Capturing a killer flu virus / by Jeffery K. Taubenberger, Ann H. Reid, and Thomas G. Fanning ; Preparing for a pandemic / by W. Wayt Gibbs and Christine Soares -- Section 2: Sources and transmission. Human fascination with birds can jeopardize our health / by Rachel Nuwer ; No human-to-human transmission for bird flu - yet / by David Biello ; Flu factories / by Helen Branswell -- Section 3: Tracking and surveillance. That flu you caught? It came from East and Southeast Asia / by Nikhil Swaminathan ; Maps point the way to fighting the flu virus / by Larry Greenemeier ; Satellites used to predict infectious disease outbreaks / by Katherine Harmon ; Google flu trends found to be nearly on par with CDC surveillance data / by Katie Moisse -- Section 4: Drugs and vaccines. Disarming flu viruses / by W. Graeme Laver, Norbert Bischofberger, and Robert G. Webster ; Searching for new antiviral drug targets / by Jessica Wapner ; Building a better flu vaccine - and giving chickens a rest / by Larry Greenemeier ; Boosting vaccine power / by Nathalie Garçon and Michel Goldman ; DNA drugs come of age / by Matthew P. Morrow and David B. Weiner -- Section 5: The holy grail : a universal vaccine. Can this man beat the flu with a single universal vaccine? / by Alexander Hellemans ; The search for a universal flu vaccine : a Q&A with Walter Fiers / by Alexander Hellemans ; How Ccose is a universal influenza vaccine? / by Katherine Harmon ; 6 Common misconceptions about the flu - and flu shots / by Katherine Harmon -- Section 6: Recent outbreaks and future contagions. Why should we worry about swine flu? / by Katherine Harmon ; Could animal surveillance have seen swine flu coming? / by Christine Soares ; New flu strain makes health experts nervous / by Helen Branswell ; What will the next influenza pandemic look like? / by Katherine Harmon -- Section 7: Research, access, and bioterrorism. Deadly pandemic bird flu details finally are made public / by Katherine Harmon ; Are bird flu fears overblown? / by Helen Branswell ; Controversial bird-flu research published : How worried should we be? / by Fred Guterl ; Waiting to explode / by Fred Guterl.
Summary:
The likelihood of a deadly pandemic outbreak of influenza is not far from reality considering the nature of some of the different viral strains. This book delves into the science of the flu, starting with past pandemics and what we can learn from them.
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