Author: Carole MarshPublisher: Carole Marsh Books
ISBN: 0793389690
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Washington Hot Zones! Viruses, Diseases, and Epidemics in Our State's History
Author: Carole MarshPublisher: Carole Marsh Books
ISBN: 0793389690
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
The Hot Zone
Author: Richard PrestonPublisher: Corgi
ISBN: 9780552143035
Category : Ebola virus disease
Languages : en
Pages : 383
Book Description
Imagine a killer with the infectiousness of the common cold and power of the Black Death. Imagine something so deadly that it wipes out 90% of those it touches. Imagine an organism against which there is no defence. But you don't need to imagine. Such a killer exists: it is a virus and its name is Ebola. The Hot Zone tells what happens when the unthinkable becomes reality: when a deadly virus, from the rain forests of Africa, crosses continents and infects a monkey house ten miles from the White House. Ebola is that reality. It has the power to decimate the world's population. Try not to panic. It will be back. There is nothing you can do...
Improving Food Safety Through a One Health Approach
Author: Institute of MedicinePublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309259363
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
Globalization of the food supply has created conditions favorable for the emergence, reemergence, and spread of food-borne pathogens-compounding the challenge of anticipating, detecting, and effectively responding to food-borne threats to health. In the United States, food-borne agents affect 1 out of 6 individuals and cause approximately 48 million illnesses, 128,000 hospitalizations, and 3,000 deaths each year. This figure likely represents just the tip of the iceberg, because it fails to account for the broad array of food-borne illnesses or for their wide-ranging repercussions for consumers, government, and the food industry-both domestically and internationally. A One Health approach to food safety may hold the promise of harnessing and integrating the expertise and resources from across the spectrum of multiple health domains including the human and veterinary medical and plant pathology communities with those of the wildlife and aquatic health and ecology communities. The IOM's Forum on Microbial Threats hosted a public workshop on December 13 and 14, 2011 that examined issues critical to the protection of the nation's food supply. The workshop explored existing knowledge and unanswered questions on the nature and extent of food-borne threats to health. Participants discussed the globalization of the U.S. food supply and the burden of illness associated with foodborne threats to health; considered the spectrum of food-borne threats as well as illustrative case studies; reviewed existing research, policies, and practices to prevent and mitigate foodborne threats; and, identified opportunities to reduce future threats to the nation's food supply through the use of a "One Health" approach to food safety. Improving Food Safety Through a One Health Approach: Workshop Summary covers the events of the workshop and explains the recommendations for future related workshops.
Oregon Hot Zones! Viruses, Diseases, and Epidemics in Our State's History
Author: Carole MarshPublisher: Carole Marsh Books
ISBN: 0793389402
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 71
Book Description
New Mexico Hot Zones! Viruses, Diseases, and Epidemics in Our State's History
Author: Carole MarshPublisher: Carole Marsh Books
ISBN: 0793389224
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
North Carolina Hot Zones! Viruses, Diseases, and Epidemics in Our State's History
Author: Carole MarshPublisher: Carole Marsh Books
ISBN: 0793389283
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
North Dakota Hot Zones! Viruses, Diseases, and Epidemics in Our State's History
Author: Carole MarshPublisher: Carole Marsh Books
ISBN: 0793389313
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Idaho Hot Zones! Viruses, Diseases, and Epidemics in Our State's History
Author: Carole MarshPublisher: Carole Marsh Books
ISBN: 0793388651
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
New York Hot Zones! Viruses, Diseases, & Epidemics in Our State's History
Author: Carole MarshPublisher: Carole Marsh Books
ISBN: 0793389259
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Virginia Hot Zones! Viruses, Diseases, and Epidemics in Our State's History
Author: Carole MarshPublisher: Carole Marsh Books
ISBN: 0793389666
Category : Biological warfare
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
A potpourri of information on infectious diseases, their history and how to prevent them.