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Author | : Michael Greger |
Publisher | : Lantern Books |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Avian influenza |
ISBN | : 1590560981 |
The author explores the underlying conditions that would create a bird flu pandemic, examines the ways in which the public can protect themselves and their families, and describes what can be done to reduce the likelihood of spreading this disease.
Author | : Mike Davis |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 2006-08-22 |
Genre | : Health & Fitness |
ISBN | : 9780805081916 |
In this first book to sound the alarm on a possible pandemic, Davis tracks the avian flu crisis as the virus moves west and the world remains woefully unprepared to contain it.
Author | : Natalie Porter |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 234 |
Release | : 2019 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 022664894X |
Over the last decade, infectious disease outbreaks have heightened fears of a catastrophic pandemic passing from animals to humans. From Ebola and bird flu to swine flu and MERS, zoonotic viruses are killing animals and wreaking havoc on the people living near them. Given this clear correlation between animals and viral infection, why are animals largely invisible in social science accounts of pandemics, and why do they remain marginal in critiques of global public health? In Viral Economies, Natalie Porter draws from long-term research on bird flu in Vietnam to chart the pathways of scientists, NGO workers, state veterinarians, and poultry farmers as they define and address pandemic risks. Porter argues that as global health programs expand their purview to include life and livestock, they weigh the interests of public health against those of commercial agriculture, rural tradition, and scientific innovation. Porter challenges human-centered analyses of pandemics and shows how dynamic and often dangerous human-animal relations take on global significance as poultry and their pathogens travel through global livestock economies and transnational health networks. Viral Economies urges readers to think critically about the ideas, relationships, and practices that produce our everyday commodities, and that shape how we determine the value of life--both human and nonhuman.
Author | : Tamra Orr |
Publisher | : ReadHowYouWant.com |
Total Pages | : 130 |
Release | : 2009-09-02 |
Genre | : Young Adult Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1427086621 |
Avian Flu is one of the high profile killer viruses that has obsessed the media and terrorized the world. Though this particular flu virus has gained even more attention and spread more dread than most other deadly viruses and pandemics, the fear and hysteria are out of proportion to the actual threat level at this point. Avian Flu offers both calm and rational reassurance concerning the nature and extent of the threat and practical, real-world advice on how to protect against the virus and what steps to take should the disease hit our shores.
Author | : Marilyn R. Bethe |
Publisher | : Nova Publishers |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 9781600210112 |
Avian influenza, or 'bird flu', is a contagious disease of animals caused by viruses that normally infect only birds and, less commonly, pigs. Avian influenza viruses are highly species-specific, but have, on rare occasions, crossed the species barrier to infect humans. In domestic poultry, infection with avian influenza viruses causes two main forms of disease, distinguished by low and high extremes of virulence. The so-called "low pathogenic" form commonly causes only mild symptoms (ruffled feathers, a drop in egg production) and may easily go undetected. The highly pathogenic form is far more dramatic. It spreads very rapidly through poultry flocks, causes disease affecting multiple internal organs, and has a mortality that can approach 100%, often within 48 hours. A pandemic can start when three conditions have been met: a new influenza virus subtype emerges; it infects humans, causing serious illness; and it spreads easily and sustainably among humans. The H5N1 virus amply meets the first two conditions: it is a new virus for humans (H5N1 viruses have never circulated widely among people), and it has infected more than 100 humans, killing over half of them. No one will have immunity should an H5N1-like pandemic virus emerge. All prerequisites for the start of a pandemic have therefore been met save one: the establishment of efficient and sustained human-to-human transmission of the virus. The risk that the H5N1 virus will acquire this ability will persist as long as opportunities for human infections occur. These opportunities, in turn, will persist as long as the virus continues to circulate in birds, and this situation could endure for some years to come.
Author | : Sherri J. Tenpenny |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Avian influenza |
ISBN | : 9781932863871 |
Unflinching, throughly researched, and bound to be controversal FOWL! will change forever the way you view environmental policy, the pharmaceutical industry, and the government's role in the dissemination of public health information. Most importantly, you will have a new understanding of what bird flu is really about. Dr. Sherri J. Tenpenny looks beyond the hysteria and exposes the vested interests poised to exploit the fear being generated about the bird flu virus.
Author | : |
Publisher | : Am Cncl on Science, Health |
Total Pages | : 26 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Avian influenza |
ISBN | : |
Looks at the H5N1 strain of bird flu and how it is effecting the world bird population and what its potential impact will be on the world human population should it become easily transmittable.
Author | : Jeffrey N. Sfakianos |
Publisher | : Infobase Publishing |
Total Pages | : 89 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Avian influenza |
ISBN | : 1438101333 |
This continuing series explores different diseases to show the science behind how disease-causing organisms affect the body. Microorganisms have plagued humans since the beginning of time, causing debilitating diseases and even death. But how, exactly, do these microorganisms infect and cause disease? The books in this series examine various microbiological scourges that have affected humans as well as the steps that have been taken to identify, isolate, prevent, and eradicate them. Each title will outline the history and treatments of the diseases, highlighting how improvements in prevention and treatment techniques have affected the disease's impact on the world population. Also known as the bird flu, avian influenza is a disease that once infected only birds but has acquired the ability to infect humans with deadly results.
Author | : Illaria Capua |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 198 |
Release | : 2009-06-24 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 8847008263 |
Avian Influenza (AI) and Newcastle Disease (ND) are two devastating diseases of poultry, which cause losses to the poultry industry and influence the liveability of rural communities worldwide. Following the H5N1 epidemic they appear to be endemic at least in Asia, Eastern Europe, The Middle East and Africa. Particularly in case of AI outbreaks it is essential that infection is diagnosed promptly and that isolates are made available to the international scientific community. Currently, several organisations including OIE, FAO and the EC have organised training courses in affected areas. However, often these courses do not cover all aspects of AI/ND diagnosis but only certain aspects. This results in fragmented areas of knowledge and in the application of different diagnostic protocols in different parts of the world. The objective of this book is to provide a comprehensive approach to AI diagnosis ranging from the clinical elements that should trigger a suspicion in the field, to the post mortem technique, collection of samples, processing/ shipment of specimens, virological, serological and molecular diagnosis and guidelines for notification.
Author | : Tiaji Salaam-Blyther |
Publisher | : DIANE Publishing |
Total Pages | : 37 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Health & Fitness |
ISBN | : 1437939333 |
This is a print on demand edition of a hard to find publication. Contents: (1) Background; (2) Global Prevalence: Transmission Among Birds; (3) Congressional Response; (4) U.S. Executive Branch Response: Dept. of State; USAID; HHS; USDA; DoD; (5) International Response: FAO; The World Organization for Animal Health; WHO; International Health Regulations; The World Bank; (6) Issues for Congress: Patent Protections; Global Data Sharing; Global Disease Surveillance; Global Pandemic Planning; Combating Bird Flu Among Animals in Affected Countries; Cost of Culling; Global Economic Impacts; Global Biosafety; (6) Appendix. Charts and tables.