What you need to know about infectious disease

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The work What you need to know about infectious disease represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-Kansas City Libraries. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

What you need to know about infectious disease

Statement of responsibility

Madeline Drexler with the Institute of Medicine and the National Academies' Office of Communications

Title variation

Infectious disease

Contributor

• Institute of Medicine (U.S.)
• National Academies (U.S.), Office of Communications
• Drexler, Madeline, 1954-

Subject

• Communicable Diseases
• Communicable Diseases, Emerging
• Disease Outbreaks
• Electronic books
• Electronic bookss
• Popular Work

Genre

• Electronic books
• Electronic bookss
• Popular Work

Language

eng

Summary

"About a quarter of deaths worldwide--many of them children--are caused by infectious organisms. The World Health Organization reports that new infectious diseases are continuing to emerge and familiar ones are appearing in new locations around the globe. What's behind this trend? How can invisible organisms cause such harm? And to what extent has human behavior amplified the problem? What You Need to Know About Infectious Disease provides an overview of infectious disease, drawing on reports of the Institute of Medicine. Written for a general audience, it describes the biology, history, and future trends of some of the world's most widespread and harmful infections and explains what we need to do--as individuals and as a society--to address this global challenge."--Publisher's description

Cataloging source

MMU

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps

Index

no index present

LC call number

RA643

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography

NLM call number

WC 100