Six Modern Plagues and How We Are Causing Them - Softcover

Walters, Mark Jerome

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Discusses six new epidemics, exploring the connection between human changes to the natural environment and the appearance of West Nile virus, mad cow disease, HIV/AIDS, hantavirus, Lyme disease, a new strain of salmonella, and SARS.

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About the Author

Mark Jerome Walters is an Associate Professor in the Department of Journalism and Media Studies at the University of South Florida, St. Petersburg. He was recently a visiting lecturer at Harvard Medical School and an associate at Harvard's Center for Health and the Global Environment. His education includes degrees in veterinary medicine and journalism.


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ISBN 10:  155963992X ISBN 13:  9781559639927
Publisher: Shearwater, 2003
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