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Outbreaks and Pandemics: Fighting Infection, From Smallpox to Coronavirus: The Illustrated Edition

(Hardback)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

Outbreaks and Pandemics: Fighting Infection, From Smallpox to Coronavirus: The Illustrated Edition

Contributors:

By (Author) Meera Senthilingam

ISBN:

9781785789670

Publisher:

Icon Books

Imprint:

Icon Books

Publication Date:

20th June 2023

UK Publication Date:

16th March 2023

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

Tertiary Education

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Main Subject:
Dewey:

614.49

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Hardback

Number of Pages:

320

Weight:

700g

Description

For decades scientists have been warning of a global pandemic, and the Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak has realised their worst fears.

Covid-19 and monkeypox make Outbreaks & Pandemics an essential guide to the future. It narrates a disquieting journey through the history, science, and politics of humankind's ongoing war against contagion; investigates modern responses; and assesses the chances of eradicating disease in the future. it also reveals how globalisation, mobile populations, climate change, vaccine hesitancy, and drug-resistant pathogens have combined to create the perfect conditions for pandemics to spread.


This updated and illustrated edition is essential reading, combining extensive research with illuminating photographs and infographics to chart the pattern of outbreaks and reveal the microscopic world at their heart.


Author Bio

Meera Senthilingam is a journalist, editor, and public health consultant specialising in global health and infectious disease. She obtained a BSc in Biology from the University of Nottingham and Masters degrees in Science Communication at Imperial College London, and in the Control of Infectious Diseases at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). Meera is a health editor for CNN, and has worked with the BBC and with global health programmes as well as research institutions including the LSHTM and the Wellcome Trust

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