Bird flu : a virus of our own hatching
The author explores the underlying conditions that would create a bird flu pandemic, examines the ways in which the public can protect themselves and their families, and describes what can be done to reduce the likelihood of spreading this disease
Internet resource
xviii, 465 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9781590560983, 1590560981
71146431
[ch. 1.] Storm gathering
1. 1918
2. Master of metamorphosis
3. H5N1
4. Playing chicken
5. Worse than 1918?
6. When, not if
[ch. 2.] When animal viruses attack
7. The third age
8. Man made
9. Livestock revolution
10. Tracing the flight path
11. One flu over the chicken's nest
12. Coming home to roost
13. Guarding the henhouse
[ch. 3.] Pandemic preparedness
14. Cooping up bird flu
15. Race against time
16. Tamiflu
[ch. 4.] Surviving the pandemic
17. Don't wing it
18. Our health in our hands
19. Be prepared
[ch. 5.] Preventing future pandemics
20. Tinderbox
21. Reining in the pale horse
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