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catalog abstract ""From the ravages of the Ebola virus in Zaire to outbreaks of pneumonic plague in India and drug-resistant TB in New York City, contagious diseases are fighting back against once-unconquerable modern medicine. Public concern about infectious disease is on the rise as newspapers trumpet the arrivals of new germs and the reemergence of old ones." "In A Field Guide to Germs, science writer Wayne Biddle brings readers face-to-face with nearly one hundred of the best-known (in terms of prevalence, power, historical importance, or even literary interest) of the myriad pathogens that live in and around us. Along with physical descriptions of the organisms and the afflictions they cause, the author provides folklore, philosophy, history, and illustrations. From cholera to chlamydia, TB to HIV, rabies to Congo-Crimean encephalitis, anthrax to Zika fever, and back to good old rhinitis (the common cold), A Field Guide to Germs is both a handy reference work for understanding today's headlines and a look at the astonishing impact of microorganisms on social and political history."--Jacket.".
catalog contributor b8355931.
catalog created "1995.".
catalog date "1995".
catalog date "1995.".
catalog dateCopyrighted "1995.".
catalog description ""From the ravages of the Ebola virus in Zaire to outbreaks of pneumonic plague in India and drug-resistant TB in New York City, contagious diseases are fighting back against once-unconquerable modern medicine. Public concern about infectious disease is on the rise as newspapers trumpet the arrivals of new germs and the reemergence of old ones." "In A Field Guide to Germs, science writer Wayne Biddle brings readers face-to-face with nearly one hundred of the best-known (in terms of prevalence, power, historical importance, or even literary interest) of the myriad pathogens that live in and around us. Along with physical descriptions of the organisms and the afflictions they cause, the author provides folklore, philosophy, history, and illustrations. From cholera to chlamydia, TB to HIV, rabies to Congo-Crimean encephalitis, anthrax to Zika fever, and back to good old rhinitis (the common cold), A Field Guide to Germs is both a handy reference work for understanding today's headlines and a look at the astonishing impact of microorganisms on social and political history."--Jacket.".
catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-182) and index.".
catalog description "Introduction -- Adenovirus -- Anthrax (bacillus anthracis) -- Arboviruses -- Arenaviruses -- Bites -- Bordetella pertussis (whooping cough) -- Borrelia burgdorferi (Lyme disease) -- Brucella -- Campylobacter -- Candida albicans -- Chikungunya and o'nyong-nyong viruses -- Chinese restaurant syndrome -- Chlamydia -- Cholera (Vibrio cholerae) -- Clostridium -- Congo-Crimean/Rift Valley/California/St. Louis -- Coronaviruses -- Cryptosporidium -- Cytomegaloviruses -- Dengue -- Diphtheria (Corynebacterium diphtheriae) -- Dysentery -- Enterococcus -- Enteroviruses -- Epstein-Barr virus -- Escherichia coli -- Fort Bragg -- Giardia lamblia -- hantaviruses -- Helicobacter pylori -- Hemophilus -- hepatitis -- herpes -- HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) -- Influenza -- Legionella -- Listeria monocytogenes -- Marburg/Ebola -- measles -- mumps -- mycobacteria -- Neisseria gonorrhoweae (gonorrhea) -- Neisseria meningitidis -- Papillomaviruses -- Parainfluenza and respiratory syncytial viruses (RSVs) -- Plasmodium (malaria) -- Pneumococcus -- Polio -- Q fever -- Rabies -- Rhinoviruses -- Rickettsia -- Rocky Mountain spotted fever -- Rotavirus/Norwalk -- Salmonella -- San Joaquin fever -- Smallpox -- Staphylococcus -- Streptococcus -- Syphillis (Treponema pallidum) -- Tinea -- Trichinella -- Tuberculosis -- Typhoid -- Typhus -- Varicella-zoster -- Worms -- Yellow fever -- Yersinia pestis -- Zika fever.".
catalog extent "xix, 196 p. :".
catalog identifier "0805035311 (acid-free paper)".
catalog issued "1995".
catalog issued "1995.".
catalog language "eng".
catalog publisher "New York : H. Holt and Co.,".
catalog subject "1995 G-630".
catalog subject "616/.01 20".
catalog subject "Bacteria Popular Works.".
catalog subject "Communicable Diseases Popular Works.".
catalog subject "Medical microbiology Encyclopedias.".
catalog subject "Medical microbiology Popular works.".
catalog subject "Microbiology popular works.".
catalog subject "QR46 .B47 1995".
catalog subject "Viruses Popular Works.".
catalog subject "WC 100 B584f 1995".
catalog tableOfContents "Introduction -- Adenovirus -- Anthrax (bacillus anthracis) -- Arboviruses -- Arenaviruses -- Bites -- Bordetella pertussis (whooping cough) -- Borrelia burgdorferi (Lyme disease) -- Brucella -- Campylobacter -- Candida albicans -- Chikungunya and o'nyong-nyong viruses -- Chinese restaurant syndrome -- Chlamydia -- Cholera (Vibrio cholerae) -- Clostridium -- Congo-Crimean/Rift Valley/California/St. Louis -- Coronaviruses -- Cryptosporidium -- Cytomegaloviruses -- Dengue -- Diphtheria (Corynebacterium diphtheriae) -- Dysentery -- Enterococcus -- Enteroviruses -- Epstein-Barr virus -- Escherichia coli -- Fort Bragg -- Giardia lamblia -- hantaviruses -- Helicobacter pylori -- Hemophilus -- hepatitis -- herpes -- HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) -- Influenza -- Legionella -- Listeria monocytogenes -- Marburg/Ebola -- measles -- mumps -- mycobacteria -- Neisseria gonorrhoweae (gonorrhea) -- Neisseria meningitidis -- Papillomaviruses -- Parainfluenza and respiratory syncytial viruses (RSVs) -- Plasmodium (malaria) -- Pneumococcus -- Polio -- Q fever -- Rabies -- Rhinoviruses -- Rickettsia -- Rocky Mountain spotted fever -- Rotavirus/Norwalk -- Salmonella -- San Joaquin fever -- Smallpox -- Staphylococcus -- Streptococcus -- Syphillis (Treponema pallidum) -- Tinea -- Trichinella -- Tuberculosis -- Typhoid -- Typhus -- Varicella-zoster -- Worms -- Yellow fever -- Yersinia pestis -- Zika fever.".
catalog title "A field guide to germs / Wayne Biddle.".
catalog type "Popular works. fast".
catalog type "text".