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.
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