图书Pandemics 50 of the World's Worst Plagues and Infectious Diseases 介绍、书评、论坛及推荐
This concise and intelligent look at the most deadly viral and bacterial diseases includes expert opinion on likely future outbreaks, method of contagion, identification of systems, and likelihood of survival.MoorePeterCollins
The very idea of a pandemic seriously challenges our notions of sovereignty and nationalism, the conditions for human freedom, and the responsibilities and liberties necessary for human growth and happiness. It is by no means assured that democratic ideals and democratic governance itself will survive ...
This revelatory book charts and explains the impact and consequences of successive pandemics, plagues and epidemics on the course of world history – all through the lens of today’s ongoing global experience of COVID 19. Ranging from prehistory to the present day, it first defines what constitut...
The World Health Organization (WHO) has recently defined a pandemic as ‘the spread of an infectious disease over three continents’ (Doshi 2011). This definition was implemented to anticipate the emergence of influenza viruses by global warning systems, and to control their spread through public ...
World Scientific Cambridge Univ Press 相似文献Role of the Laboratory in Diagnosis of Influenza during Seasonal Epidemics and Potential Pandemics Laboratory diagnosis of influenza is critical to its treatment and surveillance. With the emergence of novel and highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses,... Ma...
the WHO declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. Governments around the world are working to put countermeasures in place to hold the potentially deleterious effects. Health organizations are coordinating the flow of information and issuing directives to best minimize the impact of the pandemic threat. ...
Three worldwide (pandemic) outbreaks of influenza occurred in the 20th century: in 1918, 1957, and 1968. The latter 2 were in the era of modern virology and most thoroughly characterized. All 3 have been informally identified by their presumed sites of origin as Spanish, Asian, and Hong ...
"We must renounce the moral and medical disaster of rich countries hoarding and controlling pandemic healthcare supplies, and ensure everyone has access to diagnostics, treatments and vaccines," he stressed, adding that the authority of the World Health Organization (WHO) and financing must also be...
Like much of the rest of the world, I’ve been social-distancing for months, doing my best to minimize exposure and keep my family, friends, and community safe. But as a virologist who has spent her career studying the evolution of infectious diseases, I can’t help thinking about the ...