Infectious Disease

Book Overview

The international public health scare that resulted last year when a man infected with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis flew overseas from the United States and back illustrates both the fear and the potential impact of highly infectious diseases in a global age. At a time when scientists warn of the potential for an influenza epidemic to rival the deadly outbreak of 1919 and newspapers feature alarming headlines about incidences of mad cow disease,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226742644
• ISBN13: 9780226742649
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.5" x 8.9"