Animal viruses and humans, a narrow divide
Subtitle: how lethal zoonotic viruses spill over and threaten us
By: Warren A. Andiman
Edition: First Paul Dry Books edition.
Publisher: Paul Dry Books
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 217
ISBN-13: 9781589881228
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Epidemiology; Animals; Virus diseases; Health aspects; Zoonoses; Human-animal relationships; Popular works
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: 1. Millions of tiny crowns wreak havoc in two kingdoms (or Never wipe a camel's nose) : MERS (Middle East respiratory syndrome); title: 2. It's a good thing pigs don't fly : swine influenza; title: 3. National parks can be hazardous to your health : Hantavirus; title: 4. Prairie dogs make lousy pets : monkeypox; title: 5. A civet? What's a civet? : SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome); title: 6. Miniature masters of a million microenvironments : viruses rule!; title: 7. It's restraining bats and dogs : rabies; title: 8. Behold the earth ... one mighty blood spot : Ebola virus disease; title: 9. A witchy brew of bat spats, horse froth, and womb drips : Nipah and Hendra viruses; title: Concluding remarks.