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Author:

Quick, Jonathan D., author.

Title:

The end of epidemics : the looming threat to humanity and how to stop it / Jonathan D. Quick and Bronwyn Fryer.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

St. Martin's Press,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

xii, 290 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Subject:

Epidemics--Prevention.
Communicable diseases--Prevention.

Other Authors:

Fryer, Bronwyn, author.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-274) and index.

Contents:

Stop epidemics with the power of seven -- The bush-lessons from ebola, AIDS and zika -- The barn -- The triple threat : bioterror, bio-error and Dr. Frankenstein -- The costs of complacency -- Lead like the house is on fire -- Resilient systems, global security -- Active prevention, constant readiness -- Fatal fictions, timely truths -- Disruptive innovation, collaborative transformation -- Invest wisely, save lives -- Ring the alarm, rouse the leaders -- Epilogue: headlines from the future.

ISBN:

1250117771
9781250117779

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1001251208

LCCN:

2017037542

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

CMPE792 -- Drake Community Library (Grinnell)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)