Pandemics

What Everyone Needs to Know®

Peter C. Doherty (, Australia)

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Oxford University Press
10 September 2013

Medicine; Public health & preventive medicine; Medical sociology; Infectious & contagious diseases

Series: What Everyone Needs To Know®

"Nobel Laureate Peter Doherty offers a level-headed guide to all aspects of pandemics-what they are, how they spread, and what we can do to prevent them.

Pandemics. The word conjures up images of horrific diseases sweeping the globe and killing everyone in their path. But such highly lethal illnesses almost never create pandemics. The reality is deadly serious but far more subtle.

In Pandemics, Peter Doherty, who won the Nobel Prize for his work on how the immune system recognizes virus-infected cells, offers an essential guide to one of the truly life-or-death issues of our age. In concise, question-and-answer format, he explains the causes of pandemics, how they can be counteracted with vaccines and drugs, and how we can better prepare for them in the future. Doherty notes that the term ""pandemic"" refers not to a disease's severity but to its ability to spread rapidly over a wide geographical area. Extremely lethal pathogens are usually quickly identified and confined. Nevertheless, the rise of high-speed transportation networks and the globalization of trade and travel have radically accelerated the spread of diseases. A traveler from Africa arrived in New York in 1999 carrying the West Nile virus; one mosquito bite later, it was loose in the ecosystem. Doherty explains how the main threat of a pandemic comes from respiratory viruses, such as influenza and SARS, which disseminate with incredible speed through air travel. The climate disruptions of global warming, rising population density, and growing antibiotic resistance all complicate efforts to control pandemics. But Doherty stresses that pandemics can be fought effectively. Often simple health practices, especially in hospitals, can help enormously. And research into the animal reservoirs of pathogens, from SARS in bats to HIV in chimpanzees, show promise for our prevention efforts.

Calm, clear, and authoritative, Peter Doherty's Pandemics is one of the most critically important additions to the What Everyone Needs to Know series.

Read Peter Doherty's blog post - Vaccination: what are the risks? "

By: Peter C. Doherty ( Australia)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 138mm, Width: 212mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 290g
ISBN: 9780199898121
ISBN 10: 019989812X
Series: What Everyone Needs To Know®
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 10 September 2013
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

1.Historical perspective 2.Respiratory infections: the greatest danger 3.Bats, birds and wildlife reservoirs 4.Continuing pandemics 5.Climate change and global warming 6.Vaccines 7.Drugs 8.Monoclonal antibodies 9.Quarantine and restrictions on human movement 10.Strategic planning and timing

Reviews for Pandemics: What Everyone Needs to Know®

A gem of a book... Relevant biological, epidemiological and political concepts are explained and scientific cant illuminated in Q and A diversions.These include a most clear and pertinent pr cis of what immunity means, which is no mean feat. At the same time Doherty is not above asking (and then answering) earthier questions such as: 'What is snot?' - Adam Jenney, COSMOS Magazine