books about: infectious     books:       Justinian's Flea: Plague, Empire, and the Birth of Europe35 reviews William Rosen Viking Adult, 2007 `Plague, Empire and the Birth of Europe' It took me a while to get into the rhythm of Mr Rosen's writing, but once I did I couldn't put this book down. I was fascinated by the building of the Hagia Sophia, interested in the presentation of the life, times and achievements of the emperor Justinian during the 6th century and engrossed by the possible impact of the flea on the building of empires. In this book, Mr Rosen provides a ...             Control of Communicable Diseases Manual13 reviews David L. Heymann American Public Health Association, 2008 Great Book! Great, succinct review of infectious diseases! Applicable for public health as well as clinical infectious disease practice!             The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance68 reviews Laurie Garrett Penguin (Non-Classics), 1995 More riveting than The Hot Zone If you liked The Hot Zone, you will love this book. The Hot Zone told the scary story of a variant of Ebola that turned out to be harmless to humans. The Coming Plague narrates the history of little-known but lethal diseases such as Machupo, Ebola, Four-Corners Hantavirus, Lassa Fever, Marburg and others. In each of these cases, the list of victims was relatively small, but the onset and progress ...             Cure Unknown: Inside the Lyme Epidemic36 reviews Pamela Weintraub St. Martin's Press, 2008 A tragedy I came down with Lyme disease in July 08. I had 4 weeks of antibiotics. I still had shocking sensations and a buzzing ear when I saw an infectious disease doctor. He told me to ignore it. One month later the joint pain started. My ear began to constantly ring and my muscles twitched. I found it hard to concentrate at my job as an engineer. I visited numerous doctors and found them to be ...             The Demon in the Freezer125 reviews Richard Preston Fawcett, 2003 Confounding Feel like being angry and disturbed? Give this a read. The Hot Zone was a great read but not nearly as scary as this book which shows just how evil mankind truly is. I keep asking myself why the Soviets would ever think that these viruses and antibiotic resistant bacteriums could be useful in defense of their nation. With modern transporation the entire world is in big trouble when this stuff ...             Review Questions and Answers for Veterinary Technicians (3rd Edition, Book & CD-ROM)16 reviews Thomas P. Colville Mosby, 2003 Item returned, not unhappy though! I bought the wrong book of this set. I needed the study guide with the actual informative stuff and I bought the practice test questions book (which I will need eventually, I know)but I sent it back and then will purchase the right one!             The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic--and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the ...103 reviews Steven Johnson Riverhead Trade, 2007 Dr John Snow and the transmission of cholera Many years ago, I read the monograph of Dr John Snow ("On the mode of communication of cholera") originally published in 1854 after the famous Broad Street outbreak of cholera which is described in the book of Steven Johnson, "The ghost map". But at that time, I was unable to fully understand the historical background in which Dr Snow lived and the details of how he made his fundamental ...             The Hot Zone: A Terrifying True Story485 reviews Richard Preston Anchor, 1999 Most Repugnant Book Ever This book is excellent, on my top 10 list for sure, but it is an unflinching look at subject matter which is far past revolting. Something tells me filoviruses aren't quite finished with the human species.             ACSM's Resources for the Personal Trainer: Techniques, Complications, and Management (High-Yield? Systems ...6 reviews Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006 excellent! This book benefits a lot to the initial trainers who even have no idea of how to deal with the training. The book is both practical and praticable to the trainer's learning how to train others with his/her own training experience. Though there are not enough illustrations in the book, I still strongly recommend the book to beginning trainers.             Infections and Inequalities: The Modern Plagues8 reviews Paul Farmer University of California Press, 2001 Where are the Virchows of global public health? The context of epidemics is important. What happens to the poor people who have drug resistant tuberculosis? Market mechanisms do not serve the interest of global health equity. The cost-efectiveness argument is weak. Poverty limits freedom of choice. AIDS education falls short. Arguments about limited resources should not prevail. There is a global web of unequal relationships. Structural ...             The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time (P.S.)66 reviews John Kelly Harper Perennial, 2006 Non-specialist popular history _The Great Mortality_ is a synthesis of more specialized scholarly texts using some of the latest creative non-fiction techniques to make it more accessible for the general reader. Due to the nature of the sources, the Black Death is actually a very difficult subject matter to turn into a readable narrative - as so many failed past attempts can attest - and this is probably the best there is at ...             The Great Influenza: The story of the deadliest pandemic in history177 reviews John M. Barry Penguin Books, 2005 Terrifying Once upon a time I read The Hot Zone: A Terrifying True Story, a book about emergent viruses like ebola, then read Stephen King's The Stand, which painted a graphic picture of life during and after a deadly plague. I thought this was the most terrifying combination of books I could read. I was wrong. The Great Influenza is more blood-curdling than all that. And John Barry keeps repeating "and ...             Good Germs, Bad Germs: Health and Survival in a Bacterial World17 reviews Jessica Snyder Sachs Hill and Wang, 2008 Very Well-Written Science for the Average Reader I read the original 2007 hardcover. It is a gripping account of the relationship between bacteria and humans, from parasitic disease makers to necessary commensals. You will find in very clear and plain English much you need to know about the right balance of cleanliness, allergies and other autoimmune diseases, antibiotic treatment of livestock, resistance swapping of bacteria from the most ...             Polio: An American Story32 reviews David M. Oshinsky Oxford University Press, USA, 2006 Remarkable 20th Century History This book earned the pulitzer prize for (American) history, which it well deserved. Polio is an informative and entertaining book covering all the bases of one of the 20th century's great crusades. Sharp prose. Salk comes across as the hero, though a pretty flawed one at that, and the author makes no attempt to cover up the warts. Sabin makes his important contributions as well. I walked ...             Infections and Inequalities: The Modern Plagues8 reviews Paul Farmer University of California Press, 2001 Where are the Virchows of global public health? The context of epidemics is important. What happens to the poor people who have drug resistant tuberculosis? Market mechanisms do not serve the interest of global health equity. The cost-efectiveness argument is weak. Poverty limits freedom of choice. AIDS education falls short. Arguments about limited resources should not prevail. There is a global web of unequal relationships. Structural ...             Plagues and Peoples44 reviews William H. McNeill Anchor, 1998 Amazing How a Few Invisible Germs Changed the World The main thesis of William McNeill's "Plagues and People" is that disease states and the general health of various regions of the world throughout history have shaped social practices, religious thinking and political structures -- even leading to the rise and fall of entire civilizations. MacNeill's startling, well-defended claims are fascinating, eminently quotable and worthy of re-reading. ...             The Medical Detectives (Plume)20 reviews Berton Roueche Plume, 1991 "House" without the snark This "classic collection of award-winning medical investigative reporting", published in 1988, is an excellent book. Each of the 25 case studies originally appeared as an "Annals of medicine" piece in the New Yorker, and there's not a dud in the bunch. Most of the cases happened in the 1950's or 1960's, when sophisticated, CSI-era analytical techniques were unavailable. Nonetheless, there is ...             Blackwell 's Five-Minute Veterinary Consult: Canine and Feline (Blackwell's Five-Minute Veterinary Consult)16 reviews Larry P. Tilley, Francis W. K., Jr. Smith Blackwell Publishing, 2008 Great!! I'm a veterinary medicine student & I found this book very useful! it's worth buying it!             Mosby's Veterinary PDQ1 review Margi Sirois Mosby, 2008 Well worth it! This book quickly became a part of the daily routine at work and it is the perfect fit for your pocket. As an assistant studying to become a technician, I find the PDQ to be an invaluable tool.Whether you are just starting out as a tech, or have been one for a while now, you owe it to yourself and your patients to check this one out!!! Dr. Margi knew excatly what we needed and did a great job ...             Sustaining Life: How Human Health Depends on Biodiversity4 reviews Oxford University Press, USA, 2008 A must have for conservationists and general public (and cheap!!) First the more practical stuff. I think the book is very cheap, because I found for a much higher price somewhere else, but also because of its size and print quality (I expected something smaller). And it arrived very fast (I got super-fast shipping for free). Now the book. I like that it has a lot of figures. I'm a scientist and usually have to read long, black and white papers, with only ...              search for books american, bacterial, biodiversity, blackwell, communicable, complications, deadliest, detectives, devastating, diseases, emerging, five-minute, high-yield, inequalities, infections, influenza, intimate, justinian, management, mortality, pandemic, personal, questions, resources, survival, sustaining, technicians, techniques, terrifying, veterinary books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. 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