Of Mice, Men, and Microbes: Hantavirus

by David R. Harper, Andrea S Meyer, Andrea S. Meyer

In May 1993, a cluster of cases of a lethal disease among healthy young people brought the attention of the world to the southwestern deserts. A previously unknown disease was killing up to 80% of the people it infected.

The reaction in the area and across the nation mixed fear, lack of information, and the struggles of doctors to save the victims of an unknown killer with hard science and the age old rhythmns of the desert. What came out...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 012326460X
• ISBN13: 9780123264602
• Release Date: June 1999
• Publisher: Academic Press
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"