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Modern Epidemics From the Spanish Flu to Covid-19

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Produktdetails

Einband

Gebundene Ausgabe

Erscheinungsdatum

24.05.2021

Verlag

Wiley

Seitenzahl

288

Maße (L/B/H)

21,1/14,2/2,8 cm

Gewicht

499 g

Übersetzt von

Wark Julie

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-1-5095-4656-5

Beschreibung

Produktdetails

Einband

Gebundene Ausgabe

Erscheinungsdatum

24.05.2021

Verlag

Wiley

Seitenzahl

288

Maße (L/B/H)

21,1/14,2/2,8 cm

Gewicht

499 g

Übersetzt von

Wark Julie

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-1-5095-4656-5

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  • Acknowledgements

    Introduction

    An ever-present danger

    Let's do our homework

    A tool for understanding the present and preparing for the future

    Part I Sharing the World with Microorganisms

    1 Travel Companions

    They were here first

    Peaceful passengers

    The dark side

    A bit of terminology

    Bacteria

    Viruses: the smallest life form?

    Fungi: microscopic mushrooms

    2 The Story of a Never-Ending Struggle

    The invisible hand behind things

    Rats, fleas, and bacteria

    The 'Spanish' flu

    The resuscitated virus

    Smallpox, a disease of the past

    Poliomyelitis: next on the list?

    Cost in lives, cost in money

    3 Our Arsenal

    Simple but vital

    The immune system

    The next step forward: vaccines

    Cancer vaccines

    The papilloma vaccine, a controversial solution

    The danger of listening to the wrong people

    Future challenges

    Antibiotics: the offensive begins

    Powerful poisons or a sophisticated messaging system?

    Miracles with an expiry date

    The microbes of the future

    Resting on our laurels

    The antibiotics of the future

    Antivirals

    Who pays the bills?

    Control and prevention

    4 The Danger of Knowing Too Much

    The paradox: the more we research, the greater the danger

    Dangerous information

    Anthrax

    Bioterrorists in the USA

    The return of smallpox?

    5 Forgotten Diseases and New Diseases

    Meningitis

    Cholera

    West Nile virus

    Ebola

    Marburg: the other serious haemorrhagic fever

    The 'forgotten' diseases

    Chagas disease

    Dengue

    Hand, foot and mouth disease

    6 Coronaviruses and Future Pandemics

    Coronaviruses: the new plague?

    SARS: the coronaviruses enter the scene

    MERS, or camel sickness

    COVID-19 changes everything

    How to stop the virus

    The vaccine race

    The future of the pandemic

    What lies ahead for SARS-CoV-2

    Lessons from COVID-19: how to manage a crisis

    And the next pandemic?

    Where is the 'supervirus'?

    How can we prevent the spread?

    Part II Major Modern Epidemics

    7 Influenza

    The virus's thousand faces

    The killer cold

    A winter malady

    A useful treatment

    One vaccine or many vaccines?

    The future of humanity depends on an egg

    The danger of bird flu

    The 2009 influenza pandemic

    Drugs and the race against time

    Epidemic or pandemic?

    A change of hemispheres

    Prepare for the worst

    The consequences of the pandemic

    8 AIDS

    Another multifaceted virus

    The African sickness

    A scientists' squabble

    The Nobel of discord

    The silent infection

    Necessary swift diagnosis

    A miraculous treatment ... that doesn't cure

    Side effects

    The virus becomes more dangerous

    Treatments for the future

    And the famous vaccine?

    Defence is the best attack

    Where does the money come from?

    Denialists: as dangerous as the virus

    9 Tuberculosis

    Koch's bacillus: an armoured microbe

    A problem that comes back

    The threat of resistant tuberculosis

    New treatments, old treatments

    Another disease with no vaccine

    The tuberculosis that comes from cows

    10 Malaria

    All because of a mosquito

    Goodwill is not enough

    The treatment and how to get it to people who need it

    Has the time of resistances come?

    The controversial SPf66 vaccine

    The army is also researching

    Against the insects: mosquito nets and genetic engineering

    Global action

    A tropical disease only?

    Epilogue

    Glossary

    Index