The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of BalanceUnpurified drinking water. Improper use of antibiotics. Local warfare. Massive refugee migration. Changing social and environmental conditions around the world have fostered the spread of new and potentially devastating viruses and diseases -- HIV, Lassa, Ebola, and others. Laurie Garrett takes you on a fifty-year journey through the world's battles with microbes and examines the worldwide conditions that have culminated in recurrent outbreaks of newly discovered diseases, epidemics of diseases migrating to new areas, and mutated old diseases that are no longer curable. She argues that it is not too late to take action to prevent the further onslaught of viruses and microbes, and offers possible solutions for a healthier future. |
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
1 Muchupo BOLIVIAN HEMORRHAGIC FEVER | 13 |
2 Health Transition THE AGE OF OPTIMISMSETTING OUT TO ERADICATE DISEASE | 30 |
3 Monkey Kidneys and the Ebbing Tides MARBURG VIRUS YELLOW FEVER AND THE BRAZILIAN MENINGITIS EPIDEMIC | 53 |
4 Into the Woods LASSA FEVER | 71 |
5 Yambuku EBOLA | 100 |
6 The American Bicentennial SWINE FLU AND LEGIONNAIRES DISEASE | 153 |
7 Nzara LASSA EBOLA AND THE DEVELOPING WORLDS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL POLICIES | 192 |
12 Feminine Hygiene As Debated Mostly by Men TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME | 390 |
13 The Revenge of the Germs or Just Keep Inventing New Drugs DRUGRESISTANT BACTERIA VIRUSES AND PARASITES | 411 |
14 Thirdworldisation THE INTERACTIONS OF POVERTY POOR HOUSING AND SOCIAL DESPAIR WITH DISEASE | 457 |
15 All in Good Haste HANTAVIRUSES IN AMERICA | 528 |
16 Nature and Homo sapiens SEAL PLAGUE CHOLERA GLOBAL WARMING BIODIVERSITY AND THE MICROBIAL SOUP | 550 |
17 Searching for Solutions PREPAREDNESS SURVEILLANCE AND THE NEW UNDERSTANDING | 592 |
Afterword | 621 |
Notes | 623 |
8 Revolution GENETIC ENGINEERING AND THE DISCOVERY OF ONGOGENES | 222 |
9 Microbe Magnets URBAN CENTERS OF DISEASE | 234 |
10 Distant Thunder SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES AND INJECTING DRUG USERS | 260 |
11 Hatari Vinidogodogo Danger A Very Little Thing THE ORIGINS OF AIDS | 281 |
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