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050 00 $aRA643$b.R93 1997
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100 1 $aRyan, Frank,$d1944-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n93000396
245 10 $aVirus-X :$btracking the new killer plagues : out of the present and into the future /$cFrank Ryan.
260 $aBoston :$bLittle, Brown,$c1997.
263 $a9702
300 $axvii, 430 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations, map ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
500 $aIncludes index.
520 $aDr. Frank Ryan takes us into the "hot zones" of today's most dangerous outbreaks, then into the research laboratories and hospitals, where he spotlights the scientists and doctors who are risking their lives to contain them. In telling this global story, he uncovers a frightening pattern - and concludes that new, deadlier diseases are even now waiting to emerge. Why do such plagues arise? Where do new viruses come from?
520 8 $aCould there be - will there be - a Virus X, an incurable virus, as lethal as Ebola, spread as easily as the common cold? Dr. Ryan has posed these questions to leading experts around the world, and here, combined with his own research as a renowned authority on diseases, he presents a radical theory about the origins of these deadly microbes.
520 8 $aVirus X asks provocative questions about human impact on an already delicate ecosystem and exposes our increasing vulnerability in a world out of balance. Yet in exploring the steps that can be taken to head off a potential doomsday, Virus X also provides a rousing call to action.
650 0 $aCommunicable diseases$xEpidemiology.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009120850
650 0 $aCommunicable diseases$vPopular works.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009120851
852 00 $bbar$hRA643$i.R93 1997