On pandemics : deadly diseases from bubonic plague to coronavirus / David Waltner-Toews.
By: Waltner-Toews, David [author.]
Contributor(s): ProQuest (Firm) [distributor.]Publisher: Vancouver : Greystone Books, 2020Edition: Second editionContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781771648127; 9781771648110Subject(s): Animals as carriers of disease | zoonoses | Communicable diseases | EpidemicsGenre/Form: Electronic books.Online resources: Click here to access online | Item type | Current library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| ebook | House of Lords Library - Palace Online access | ELECTRONIC RESOURCES (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 2020-1344 |
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Previous edition: The chickens fight back : pandemic panics and deadly diseases that jump from animals to humans, 2007.
An introduction to the second edition -- Threats, outbreaks, epidemics, and pandemics : a primer -- Zoonoses and diseases people get from other animals -- Plagues, rats and the perfection of fleas -- Lyme, with a twist -- Biting flies, kissing bugs, and sleeping sickness -- Western equine encephalitis, television, and air conditioning -- West Nile virus and the St. Louis blues -- The chickens fight back, with ducks -- Queens of the south : Nipah, SARS-COV, and SARS-COV-2 -- Rats, bats, and monkeys : lassa, ebola and marburg -- Splashing through rat piss : leptospires and hantaviruses -- All the rage -- Abortion in the sandbox and other pet problems -- Poker players' pneumonia -- Bang's disease and the white plague -- Dog parasites in the land of the gods -- Stories for the interpandemic.