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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... rodent-borne disease, transmitted to humans by the fleas that live on those rodents. In the Southwest, prairie dogs and squirrels are hosts to plague; so are mice. Three forms of plague strike humans: bubonic, pneumonic, and septicemic ...
... rodent numbers increasing throughout the region. To Dr. heek, it seemed likely that prairie dog control efforts could ... rodents had infested the trailer, but no smoking gun was found, no obvious reason for the deaths of Florena Woody ...
... rodents found near the dwellings, and of course from the victims themselves. They were not as thorough or as wellorganizedastheresearchersatthe D wouldhaveliked: ''poorly labeled samples in plastic jars,'' to quote . J. Peters. They ...
... rodents, the best way to detect an unknown virus. At the same time, blood from patients was being tested for antibodies using a range of stored material from possible infectious agents. If the patients had been infected, the antibodies ...
... rodents. More specifically, the source is the urine, droppings, saliva, and nesting materials of rodents. Despite the worry over the possible spread of cases among the Woody family, there was now another explanation. Merrill Bahe and ...
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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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