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The Kissing Bug
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Author : Daisy Hernandez
language : en
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Release Date : 2021-06-01
The Kissing Bug written by Daisy Hernandez and has been published by National Geographic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-06-01 with Social Science categories.
Growing up in a New Jersey factory town in the 1980s, Daisy Hernández believed that her aunt had become deathly ill from eating an apple. No one in her family, in either the United States or Colombia, spoke of infectious diseases. Even into her thirties, she only knew that her aunt had died of Chagas, a rare and devastating illness that affects the heart and digestive system. But as Hernández dug deeper, she discovered that Chagas—or the kissing bug disease—is more prevalent in the United States than the Zika virus. After her aunt’s death, Hernández began searching for answers. Crisscrossing the country, she interviewed patients, doctors, epidemiologists, and even veterinarians with the Department of Defense. She learned that in the United States more than three hundred thousand people in the Latinx community have Chagas, and that outside of Latin America, this is the only country with the native insects—the “kissing bugs”—that carry the Chagas parasite. Through unsparing, gripping, and humane portraits, Hernández chronicles a story vast in scope and urgent in its implications, exposing how poverty, racism, and public policies have conspired to keep this disease hidden. A riveting and nuanced investigation into racial politics and for-profit healthcare in the United States, The Kissing Bug reveals the intimate history of a marginalized disease and connects us to the lives at the center of it all.
The Kissing Bug
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Author : Daniel Scott Buck
language : en
Publisher: Eraserhead Press
Release Date : 2008-09-01
The Kissing Bug written by Daniel Scott Buck and has been published by Eraserhead Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-09-01 with Children's stories, American categories.
A dark yet tender story for children and adults. During the dreary era of the first world war, on an old country farm, there exists a kingdom of the creepiest, nastiest, and strangest of bugs called kissing bugs . . . The Kissing Bug is as bleak and disquieting as it is charming and whimsical.
The Kissing Bug A True Story Of A Family An Insect And A Nation S Neglect Of A Deadly Disease
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Author : Daisy Hernández
language : en
Publisher: Tin House Books
Release Date : 2021-06-01
The Kissing Bug A True Story Of A Family An Insect And A Nation S Neglect Of A Deadly Disease written by Daisy Hernández and has been published by Tin House Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-06-01 with Social Science categories.
Winner of the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award National Book Foundation Science + Literature Selection Finalist for New American Voices Award and Lammy Award for Bisexual Nonfiction A TIME, NPR, Chicago Public Library, Science for the People, WYNC, WBUR Radio Boston, and The Stacks Podcast Best Book of the Year Longlisted for the PEN Open Book Award As heard on Fresh Air Growing up in a New Jersey factory town in the 1980s, Daisy Hernández believed that her aunt had become deathly ill from eating an apple. No one in her family, in either the United States or Colombia, spoke of infectious diseases. Even into her thirties, she only knew that her aunt had died of Chagas, a rare and devastating illness that affects the heart and digestive system. But as Hernández dug deeper, she discovered that Chagas?or the kissing bug disease?is more prevalent in the United States than the Zika virus. After her aunt’s death, Hernández began searching for answers. Crisscrossing the country, she interviewed patients, doctors, epidemiologists, and even veterinarians with the Department of Defense. She learned that in the United States more than three hundred thousand people in the Latinx community have Chagas, and that outside of Latin America, this is the only country with the native insects?the “kissing bugs”?that carry the Chagas parasite. Through unsparing, gripping, and humane portraits, Hernández chronicles a story vast in scope and urgent in its implications, exposing how poverty, racism, and public policies have conspired to keep this disease hidden. A riveting and nuanced investigation into racial politics and for-profit healthcare in the United States, The Kissing Bug reveals the intimate history of a marginalized disease and connects us to the lives at the center of it all.
Triatominae The Biology Of Chagas Disease Vectors
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Author : Alessandra Guarneri
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2021-07-06
Triatominae The Biology Of Chagas Disease Vectors written by Alessandra Guarneri and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-07-06 with Science categories.
This book aims to present updated knowledge on various aspects of the natural history, biology, and impact of triatomines to all interested readers. Each chapter will be written by authorities in the respective field, covering topics such as behavior, neurophysiology, immunology, ecology, and evolution. The contents will consider scientific, as well as innovative perspectives, on the problems related to the role of triatomine bugs as parasite vectors affecting millions in the Latin American region.
American Trypanosomiasis
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Author : Jenny Telleria
language : en
Publisher: Elsevier
Release Date : 2010-09-03
American Trypanosomiasis written by Jenny Telleria and has been published by Elsevier this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-09-03 with Medical categories.
Chagas disease causes severe socioeconomic impact and a high medical cost in Latin America. WHO and the World Bank consider Chagas disease as the fourth most transmittable disease to have a major impact on public health in Latin America: 120 million persons are potentially exposed, 16 to 18 million of whom are presently infected, causing 45,000 to 50,000 deaths per year. It has been calculated that approximately 2.4 million potential working years are lost because of incapacity and mortality due to the disease, for an annual cost estimated at 20 billion Euros. American Trypanosomiasis provides a comprehensive overview of Chagas disease and discusses the latest discoveries concerning the three elements that compose the transmission chain of the disease: The host: human and mammalian reservoirs The insect vectors: domestic and sylvatic vectors The causative parasite: Trypanosoma cruzi Informs and updates on all the latest developments in the field Contributions from leading authorities and industry experts
The Kissing Bug
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Author : Daisy Hernandez
language : en
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Release Date : 2022-07-19
The Kissing Bug written by Daisy Hernandez and has been published by National Geographic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-07-19 with Social Science categories.
Growing up in a New Jersey factory town in the 1980s, Daisy Hernández believed that her aunt had become deathly ill from eating an apple. No one in her family, in either the United States or Colombia, spoke of infectious diseases. Even into her thirties, she only knew that her aunt had died of Chagas, a rare and devastating illness that affects the heart and digestive system. But as Hernández dug deeper, she discovered that Chagas—or the kissing bug disease—is more prevalent in the United States than the Zika virus. After her aunt’s death, Hernández began searching for answers. Crisscrossing the country, she interviewed patients, doctors, epidemiologists, and even veterinarians with the Department of Defense. She learned that in the United States more than three hundred thousand people in the Latinx community have Chagas, and that outside of Latin America, this is the only country with the native insects—the “kissing bugs”—that carry the Chagas parasite. Through unsparing, gripping, and humane portraits, Hernández chronicles a story vast in scope and urgent in its implications, exposing how poverty, racism, and public policies have conspired to keep this disease hidden. A riveting and nuanced investigation into racial politics and for-profit healthcare in the United States, The Kissing Bug reveals the intimate history of a marginalized disease and connects us to the lives at the center of it all.
Chagas Disease
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Author : María-Jesús Pinazo Delgado
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2020-07-20
Chagas Disease written by María-Jesús Pinazo Delgado and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-20 with Medical categories.
This book provides a comprehensive resource on various aspects of the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi and the neglected tropical disease Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis), the disorder resulting from infection with the parasite. Topics include the biological description and taxonomy of the parasite, epidemiology and transmission routes, laboratory techniques in use when working with the parasite, as well as diagnostic measures and treatment of Chagas disease. Furthermore, a chapter with life stories of people in contact with the disease in endemic as well as non-endemic countries is included. The book is therefore a valuable source for individuals engaged in basic research as well as patient care and health management related to American trypanosomiasis.
Killer Kissing Bugs
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Author : Kevin Blake
language : en
Publisher: Bugged Out! the World's Most D
Release Date : 2019
Killer Kissing Bugs written by Kevin Blake and has been published by Bugged Out! the World's Most D this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Karolina Paniagua was horribly sick and no one could figure out why. At first, Karolina came down with a high fever and joint pain. Over the next couple of weeks, she could barely walk. A doctor decided to test Karolina for Chagas disease, a lethal illness spread by the deadly kissing bug. The test came back positive--Karolina was stunned. Read Karolina's harrowing tale of survival, and learn all about kissing bugs and the deadly disease they carry in this engrossing new narrative nonfiction book for young readers.
Chagas Disease History Of A Continent S Scourge
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Author : Francois Delaporte
language : en
Publisher: Fordham Univ Press
Release Date : 2012-08-14
Chagas Disease History Of A Continent S Scourge written by Francois Delaporte and has been published by Fordham Univ Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-08-14 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
In Chagas Disease: History of a Continent's Scourge, Francois Delaporte describes how the interaction of public health policy with medical knowledge and epistemological transformations in the period 1900-1935 can account for the discovery of a continental endemic. It also deconstructs the myths that surround a number of major medical discoveries in both Brazil and Argentina.
After Cooling
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Author : Eric Dean Wilson
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2022-07-19
After Cooling written by Eric Dean Wilson and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-07-19 with Nature categories.
This “ambitious [and] delightful” (The New York Times) work of literary nonfiction interweaves the science and history of the powerful refrigerant (and dangerous greenhouse gas) Freon with a haunting meditation on how to live meaningfully and morally in a rapidly heating world. In After Cooling, Eric Dean Wilson braids together air-conditioning history, climate science, road trips, and philosophy to tell the story of the birth, life, and afterlife of Freon, the refrigerant that ripped a hole larger than the continental United States in the ozone layer. As he traces the refrigerant’s life span from its invention in the 1920s—when it was hailed as a miracle of scientific progress—to efforts in the 1980s to ban the chemical (and the resulting political backlash), Wilson finds himself on a journey through the American heartland, trailing a man who buys up old tanks of Freon stockpiled in attics and basements to destroy what remains of the chemical before it can do further harm. Wilson is at heart an essayist, looking far and wide to tease out what particular forces in American culture—in capitalism, in systemic racism, in our values—combined to lead us into the Freon crisis and then out. “Meticulously researched and engagingly written” (Amitav Ghosh), this “knockout debut” (New York Journal of Books) offers a rare glimpse of environmental hope, suggesting that maybe the vast and terrifying problem of global warming is not beyond our grasp to face.