Modern Epidemics

From the Spanish Flu to COVID-19

Modern Epidemics
Julie Wark, Salvador Macip
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h207 x 140mm - 288pg
19 Mar 2021 UK
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9781509546572
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COVID-19 has made us all aware of the fact that we live in a world full of invisible enemies. Normally, we don' t even realize they' re there, but from time to time one of these microscopic creatures becomes powerful enough to turn everything upside down. What are these invisible enemies, and how can we prepare ourselves for the pandemics of the future? A specialist in the cellular biology of diseases, Salvador Macip explains, in a language everyone can understand, what it means to share the planet with millions of microbes - some wonderful allies, others terrible foes. He provides a concise account of epidemics that changed history, and focuses on the great modern plagues that are still causing millions of deaths every year, from influenza, TB and malaria to COVID-19. Macip also examines the methods we have used - from vaccines to improved sanitation and social distancing - to try to control these invisible enemies. This authoritative overview of modern epidemics and the pathogens that cause them will be essential reading for anyone who wants to understand our world today, a world in which some of the greatest threats to the human species come from the invisible microbes with which we share this planet.
' A timely, authoritative and reader-friendly overview of pandemics past and present. This broad and balanced account, which is devoid of Anglo-American bias, provides fascinating insights into the important events associated with, for example, the defeat of the last Inca Emperor Atahualpa, Chagas disease in Bolivia and the Mexican origin of the 2009 influenza pandemic, as well as explaining the latter' s malignant effects on our preparedness for COVID-19. ' Hugh Pennington, Emeritus Professor of Bacteriology at the University of Aberdeen
Salvador Macip is head of the Mechanisms of Cancer and Ageing Laboratory in the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Leicester and professor at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya.
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ISBN-13: 9781509546572
Published: 19 Mar 2021
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Polity Press
Publisher: Polity Press
Format: Paperback
Height: 207mm
Width: 140mm
Spine: 24mm
Weight: 394g
Pages: 288

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