Microbe.

Microbe

Alan P. Zelicoff, MD & Michael Bellomo

Amacom

1601 Broadway, New York NY 10019

www.amacombooks.org

0814408656 $23.00 1-800-250-5308

Are we ready for the next plague? It could come through variants of West Nile, SARS, or other modern diseases--or it could come from nowhere; and the U.S. public health system is vastly under-equipped to respond to a major plague. That's the message of Microbe: Are We Ready For The Next Plague? A physician/physicist and lawyer combine talents to expose conditions conducive to major biological crises, from gaps in communication and information chains to lack of containment plans. Promising models for networks and vaccines are also analyzed. A gripping assessment of the world's ability to withstand a major plague.