Complete Idiot's Guide to Dangerous Diseases and Epidemics

The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Dangerous Diseases & Epidemics offers a comprehensive focus on the origins of lethal diseases and plagues in early human populations; a look at viruses and harmful bacteria and how our immune system works to fight them off; great epidemics of the past and their biological/social/psychological impact on humans; killer germs of the present: AIDS, Ebola, Hantavirus, Legionnaires Disease, and several more that threaten to wipe out large human populations; today's present concerns with bioterrorism.; and preventative measures that individuals, scientists and governments should take to reduce the chances of future outbreaks.Perlin, David S. is the author of 'Complete Idiot's Guide to Dangerous Diseases and Epidemics', published 2002 under ISBN 9780028643595 and ISBN 0028643593.