Of Mice, Men, and Microbes: HantavirusElsevier, 28 июн. 1999 г. - Всего страниц: 278 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 was the story of a virus that had been killing since man arrived in the American continents, Hantavirus, with deadly relatives across the Americas and across the world. This book explains why and how the virus kills, and why it is still killing today. Why all of the science aimed at a virus identified back in 1993 has not brought a vaccine or a cure is part of the story, as is how that killer virus fits into the story of "new" diseases across the world. The story of hantavirus disease, what has happened since that first outbreak, and what the real risks are is laid out by an experienced scientist and an award winning journalist living and working in the area of the 1993 outbreak.
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... Navajo homeland is a sovereign nation with a strong identity of its own. Like the very colors of the desert, the Navajo way of life hints at strong contrasts, and one of those dichotomies is that in this timeless land, time is in many ...
... Navajo reservation, an outstanding athlete and later a track star at Santa Fe Indian School, where he met Florena Woody, another student athlete. In April 1993, the couple was living with their young son in a trailer in the Woody family ...
... Navajo; in fat, one fatal ase was in a woman from I eland. However, all were from on or around the reservation. On May 27, the Albuquerque Journal ran a story under the headline ''Mystery Flu Kills 6 in Tribal Area.'' The press s ramble ...
... Navajo Si kness Probe Sought'' USA oday: ''NAVAJO FLUCLAIMS 11'' A ross the ountry, newspapers, television, and radio were arrying stories of ''Navajo Flu,'' the deadly new disease. A group of Navajo s hool hildren ex ited about ...
... Navajo disease.'' Television programs su h as ''Good Morning Ameri a'' and ''Larry King Live'' warned travelers to avoid the Four Corners be ause of the still-unidentified disease. Downtown merhants wat hed in amazement as a tour bus ...
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CHAPTER 5 OF MICE AND MEN | 59 |
CHAPTER 6 AT LAST A PLAN | 79 |
OUT OF ASIA | 99 |
CHAPTER 8 OTHER HANTAVIRUSES | 117 |
CHAPTER 11 CHANGES CONCEALMENT AND TROJAN HORSES | 163 |
CHAPTER 12 COUSINS | 183 |
CHAPTER 13 WHAT WE KNOW | 199 |
CHAPTER 14 HOW TO STOP A VIRUS | 215 |
CHAPTER 15 OUTBREAKS | 233 |
Centers for Disease Control Guidelines on Prevention of HPS | 249 |
Sources of Further Information | 257 |
Abbreviations | 264 |
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