Microbial threats to health : emergence, detection, and response / Mark S. Smolinski, Margaret A. Hamburg, and Joshua Lederberg, editors ; Committee on Emerging Microbial Threats to Health in the 21st Century, Board on Global Health, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.

Infectious diseases are a global hazard that puts every nation and every person at risk. The recent SARS outbreak is a prime example. Knowing neither geographic nor political borders, often arriving silently and lethally, microbial pathogens constitute a grave threat to the health of humans. Indeed,...

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Accesso online:Electronic book from EBSCO
Altri autori: Smolinski, Mark S. Hamburg, Margaret A. Lederberg, Joshua.
Natura: eBook
Lingua:English
Pubblicazione:Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2003.
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