Secret Agent:The Menace of Emerging Infections

Book, 1969

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Available

Call number

614.4

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Publisher Unknown (1969)

Description

"The most ceaselessly creative bioterrorist is still Mother Nature. And her microbial operatives are all around us, thriving in the shadows, ready to pounce when conditions are right. From airborne anthrax to West Nile virus, from the deadly organisms hiding in our food to the next inevitable flu pandemic, Secret Agent reveals just what we're up against in humankind's perpetual war with germs."--Jacket.

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Subjects

Communicable diseases United States
Emerging infectious diseases Popular works
Emerging infectious diseases United States
Epidemiology Popular works

Awards

SB&F Best Science Books for Junior High and High School Readers (2003)

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