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"Authored by a leading epidemiologist, this engrossing book answers our questions about animal diseases that jump to humans--called zoonoses--including what attracts them to humans, why they have become more common in recent history, and how we can keep them at bay. Almost all pandemics and epidemics have been caused by diseases that come to us from animals, including SARS, Ebola, and--now--Covid-19. Epidemiologist, veterinarian, and ecosystem health...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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After a trip to the Dominican Republic, Katie Stephens and Eddie Zytner noticed their feet starting to swell. Then their skin became covered with swirly red marks and fluid-filled blisters. The pain became so intense the couple couldn't walk. Soon, they discovered the cause of the problem-parasitic hookworms living in their flesh! Read Katie and Eddie's harrowing tale of survival, and learn all about parasitic worms and the deadly diseases they cause...
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W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
2015
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English
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"The real story of AIDS--how it originated with a virus in a chimpanzee, jumped to one human, and then infected more than 60 million people--is very different from what most of us think we know. Recent research has revealed dark surprises and yielded a radically new scenario of how AIDS began and spread. Excerpted and adapted from the book Spillover, with a new introduction by the author, Quammen's ... investigation tracks the virus from chimp populations...
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Franklin Watts
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Hopefully, the worst thing your pet ever comes home with is bad breath. But some furry friends can carry nasty germs, and that's where zoonotic disease researchers come in and investigate and stop animal diseases before they get you!
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Kingfisher
Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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Provides a history of disease and pestilence as told from the point of view of the bugs and pests that caused them, from common diseases such as influenza, malaria and tuberculosis to such rare diseases as leprosy, cholera, and bubonic plague.
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Special reference briefs volume no. SRB 97-04
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USDA, ARS, National Agricultural Library
Pub. Date
1997
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English
9) Plague
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U.S. Geological Survey circular volume 1372
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U.S. Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey
Pub. Date
2012
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English
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U.S. Geological Survey circular volume 1285
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U.S. Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
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Scientific investigations report volume 2008-5022
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U.S. Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
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S. hrg volume 116-294
Publisher
U.S. Government Publishing Office
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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U.S. Geological Survey open-file report volume 2020-1060
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U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey
Pub. Date
2020.
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English