Bird flu
Subtitle: everything you need to know about the next pandemic
By: Marc Siegel.
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Hoboken, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 202
Subjects: Avian influenza; Influenza, Human -- etiology; Influenza, Human -- transmission; Influenza in Birds -- transmission; Influenza Vaccines; Influenza A Virus, H5N1 Subtype; Disease Outbreaks
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Bird flu basics; title: The history of bird flu; title: Spanish flu versus swine flu; title: A bird's eye view; title: Tamiflu and the bird flu vaccine; title: Our culture of fear; title: SARS; title: The other flu; title: Do we know a pandemic when we see one? AIDS versus bird flu; title: Perspectives.