Ebola Virus Facts And Fictions
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Ebola Virus Facts And Fictions
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Author : Nwakanwa Kingdom
language : en
Publisher: Partridge Africa
Release Date : 2015-06-05
Ebola Virus Facts And Fictions written by Nwakanwa Kingdom and has been published by Partridge Africa this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-05 with Reference categories.
As of March 2015, Ebola tragedy has claimed an estimated 8,000 lives with case count above 20,000, according to data released by the World Health Organization. This is considered to be the worst outbreak in history ever since the Ebola virus was discovered in 1976. This book, Ebola Virus Facts and Fictions details the events of 2014 West African outbreak. The affected nations, the number of deaths and confirmed cases, the effect on the economy and public relation and the global government effort to contain the outbreak. This book furthermore takes the reader to the historical origin of Ebola virusthe mode of transmission, signs and symptoms, and prevention. Another interesting part of this book debunks the mythologies and misconceptions associated with the outbreak, the panic, and social unrest. Other chapters of this book talk about rapid advancement in modern science and technology, the outcome of uncontrollable human intelligence, and the impact of robotic revolution on the labour marketplace. The book also highlights the negative effects of rapid population growth and preferred population control measures adopted by the members of the ruling elites. This book shall constantly remind us of the Ebola tragedy during post-Ebola era in order to maintain adequate precaution against possible outbreak of any viral infection in the future. Words used in this book have been designed for the purpose of learning and entertainment, and it is suitable for all ages. Information represented with figures has been updated until the date of publication of this book.
Ebola
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Author : James Lyons-Weiler
language : en
Publisher: World Scientific
Release Date : 2015-05-27
Ebola written by James Lyons-Weiler and has been published by World Scientific this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-05-27 with Medical categories.
The book is a narrative of the unfolding of the Ebola virus disease outbreak from a scientific view point. The author provides an analysis of the scientific basis of public health policies that have influenced the public's, and the medical community's, abilities to understand the virus and the disease. This is done in the context of providing insights into the biology of the virus, and exploring open questions, including its likely modes of transmission. The author has included citations from the scientific literature and the press, as well as quotes from expert interviews. The book will help sort out the fact from fiction, given the confusion that arose after the virus arrived in the US. The author used his objective research skills and knowledge of evolutionary genetics and molecular biology to find out what was known, and what questions remained unanswered, and even what questions remained unasked. Written in an accessible style, it is intended for the educated general public, scientists, policy makers, health care workers, and politicians. It delves into the problems of trying to derive a logic-based understanding of a highly lethal emerging disease in 2014, when research funding cuts have gutted research institutions, and when public health institutions really were woefully unprepared. It is a highly distinct narrative analysis that is sure to stimulate new research and thinking in public policy. It will inform thousands of people of the nature of the virus, how it works, in terms they are likely to be able to understand. It will allow others to rapidly catch up with the story of Ebola. Contents:Origins of the EpidemicHow Well Do We Understand the 2014 Ebolavirus?Ways in Which Ebola Guinea May Differ from Past Outbreaks: Evolution of Viral PhenotypesBiological Knowledge and Ebola Policy"How Cruel is That?"With Blinded EyesAre We Asking the Right Questions and Solving All the Right Problem(s)?Evolution is Real: Deadly Consequences of DogmaPromising TreatmentsPolicy AnalysisA Rational Analysis of Irrational Decisions, or Don't Fear the Reaper Readership: General public, scientists, policy makers, health care workers, and politicians. Key Features:This book delves into the problems of trying to derive a logic-based understanding of a highly lethal emerging disease in 2014, when research funding cuts have gutted us institutions, and when public health institutions really were woefully unpreparedIt is a highly distinct narrative analysis that is sure to stimulate new research and thinking in public policyIt will inform thousands of people on the nature of the virus, how it works, in terms they are likely to be able to understandIt will allow others to rapidly catch up with the story of ebolaKeywords:Ebola;Clinical Trials;Current Events;Viral Research;Infectious Diseases;Public Health;Policy;Africa;Epidemiology;DiagnosticsReview: "This is a reasonably useful book for those with a science background seeking an early insight to the latest ebola outbreak. With topicality being this book's big plus point, it finds a place on a number of university library shelves as well as on the 'further reading' list of a number of courses." The Science Fact & Science Fiction Concatenation
Ebola Myths And Facts For Dummies
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Author : Edward K. Chapnick
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2015-01-07
Ebola Myths And Facts For Dummies written by Edward K. Chapnick and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-01-07 with Health & Fitness categories.
Concerned about ebola, but can't seem to separate fact from fiction? Misinformation abounds about the virus, but Chapnick dives into the details to let you know the history, signs and symptoms, testing protocols, modes of transportation, and ways to prevent and treat the Ebola virus.--
Outbreak
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Author : Robin Cook
language : en
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Release Date : 2014-09-11
Outbreak written by Robin Cook and has been published by Pan Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-11 with Fiction categories.
Outbreak is Robin Cook at his hair-raising best. Blending a premise of consummate public concern with a galvanizingly suspenseful plot, he has perhaps created his signature work. When the director of a Los Angeles health maintenance clinic succumbs, along with seven patients, to an untreatable – and virulently contagious –virus, Atlanta's Center for Disease Control goes on red alert. Unless the virus is isolated and checked, mankind may be facing its gravest medical crisis since the Black Death. Assigned by the CDC to investigate the disease, Dr. Melissa Blumenthal is soon caught up in the ultimate nightmare. The California case is merely the first in a burgeoning series of outbreaks that occur in unrelated geographical areas but with puzzling commonalities: The locations are always health-care facilities, and the victims are only physicians and their patients. As her investigation takes increasingly bizarre turns, Melissa finds that behind the natural threat lurks a far more sinister possibility: sabotage. Before she discovers the truth, Melissa must overcome her superiors' fury, her colleagues' doubts – and the wrath of a powerful cabal, sworn to achieve its aims, no matter what the cost in human life – including Melissa's. Brilliantly imagined, fiendishly compelling, Outbreak is superb Robin Cook – the kind of speculative chiller that will reverberate in the reader's awareness long after the final page is turned.
Agenda Ebola
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Author : BJ Creighton
language : en
Publisher: Scribl
Release Date : 2015-06-29
Agenda Ebola written by BJ Creighton and has been published by Scribl this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-29 with Fiction categories.
CDC Scientist Gunn Shoreham struggles to find the source of an Ebola outbreak in the Mideast, as the countries accuse each other of bio-terrorism. He must redouble his effort when one member of his team shows symptoms of the gruesome hemorrhagic disease. He returns to his lab in Atlanta and discovers that his son-in-law, who had been in Baghdad, has come down with the disease. As Gunn’s world collapses around him, he determines that the most likely source for the disease is an American. His evidence is so tenuous and circumstantial, he realizes stopping the disease and catching the perpetrator is entirely up to him.
Killer Virus
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Author : R. A. Montgomery
language : en
Publisher: Skylark
Release Date : 1997
Killer Virus written by R. A. Montgomery and has been published by Skylark this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
First you get a skull-crunching headache. Then your eyes turn red. Blood bubbles from your mouth and eye sockets. These are the symptoms of a deadly new virus--and they are always followed by death. You and your uncle are traveling with a team of doctors, scientists, and veterinarians to the hot zone where this new virus has struck. Together you will try to discover the source of the virus and help those already stricken with it. Could the virus be the deadly Ebola? Or something far worse?
The Hot Zone
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Author : Richard Preston
language : en
Publisher: Corgi
Release Date : 1995
The Hot Zone written by Richard Preston and has been published by Corgi this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Ebola virus disease categories.
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...
Fevers Feuds And Diamonds
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Author : Paul Farmer
language : en
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Release Date : 2020-11-17
Fevers Feuds And Diamonds written by Paul Farmer and has been published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11-17 with Medical categories.
“Paul Farmer brings his considerable intellect, empathy, and expertise to bear in this powerful and deeply researched account of the Ebola outbreak that struck West Africa in 2014. It is hard to imagine a more timely or important book.” —Bill and Melinda Gates "[The] history is as powerfully conveyed as it is tragic . . . Illuminating . . . Invaluable." —Steven Johnson, The New York Times Book Review In 2014, Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Guinea suffered the worst epidemic of Ebola in history. The brutal virus spread rapidly through a clinical desert where basic health-care facilities were few and far between. Causing severe loss of life and economic disruption, the Ebola crisis was a major tragedy of modern medicine. But why did it happen, and what can we learn from it? Paul Farmer, the internationally renowned doctor and anthropologist, experienced the Ebola outbreak firsthand—Partners in Health, the organization he founded, was among the international responders. In Fevers, Feuds, and Diamonds, he offers the first substantive account of this frightening, fast-moving episode and its implications. In vibrant prose, Farmer tells the harrowing stories of Ebola victims while showing why the medical response was slow and insufficient. Rebutting misleading claims about the origins of Ebola and why it spread so rapidly, he traces West Africa’s chronic health failures back to centuries of exploitation and injustice. Under formal colonial rule, disease containment was a priority but care was not – and the region’s health care woes worsened, with devastating consequences that Farmer traces up to the present. This thorough and hopeful narrative is a definitive work of reportage, history, and advocacy, and a crucial intervention in public-health discussions around the world.
The Hot Zone
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Author : Richard Preston
language : en
Publisher: Anchor Books
Release Date : 1995
The Hot Zone written by Richard Preston and has been published by Anchor Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Medical categories.
The virus kills nine out of ten of its victims. Its effects are so quick and so gruesome that even biohazard experts are terrified. It is airborne, it is extremely contagious, and it is about to burn through the suburbs of Washington, D.C. Is there any way to stop it? This doomsday scenario confronted a biohazard SWAT team struggling in secret to stop the outbreak of an exotic "hot" virus at an Army research facility outside Washington. "The Hot Zone" tells the dramatic story of their dangerous race against time, along with an alarming account of how previously unknown viruses that have lived undetected in the rain forest for eons are now entering human populations. From the airlocked confines of a biosafety level 4 military lab, to an airliner over Kenya carrying a passenger dissolving into a human virus bomb, to a deserted jungle cave alive with deadly virus, THE HOT ZONE is a non-fiction thriller like no other. "The Andromeda Strain" was fiction--- "this is real!"
Fact Or Fiction 2
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Author : Scientific American Editors
language : en
Publisher: Scientific American
Release Date : 2017-01-16
Fact Or Fiction 2 written by Scientific American Editors and has been published by Scientific American this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-01-16 with Science categories.
The editors of Scientific American’s best-selling eBook, "Fact or Fiction: Science Tackles 58 Popular Myths," return with "Fact or Fiction 2: 50 (More) Popular Myths Explained." In it, we cast an analytical eye on another collection of urban lore and cultural myths that persist so long in our collective consciousness they acquire a ring of truth. Who hasn’t heard the “5-second rule,” which insists that food dropped on the floor is safe to eat if it’s picked up within 5 seconds? How many of us have been told by well-meaning relatives or friends to “feed a cold, starve a fever?” Each article explores whether science can back up these and 48 other long-standing claims on a variety of topics including mind and brain, health and body, food, sustainability and more. In some cases, such as whether a “base tan” protects against sunburn or people swallow eight spiders a year while they sleep, the explanation is relatively brief. Others, including whether diets work or if divorce is bad for children, require a little more digging. Either way, the science behind our mythology is surprising, fascinating and – in the case of nocturnal spider-eating – reassuring.