Influenza : the hundred-year hunt to cure the deadliest disease in history
(Large type book)
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Main Flagstaff Public Library - Large Type Books
L-T 614.514 B878I
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L-T 614.514 B878I
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Large type book
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425 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
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English
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While influenza is now often thought of as a common and mild disease, it still kills over 30,000 people in the US each year. Dr. Jeremy Brown, currently Director of Emergency Care Research at the National Institutes of Health, expounds on the flu's deadly past to solve the mysteries that could protect us from the next outbreak. In Influenza, he talks with leading epidemiologists, policy makers, and the researcher who first sequenced the genetic building blocks of the original 1918 virus to offer both a comprehensive history and a roadmap for understanding what's to come. Dr. Brown digs into the discovery and resurrection of the flu virus in the frozen victims of the 1918 epidemic, as well as the bizarre remedies that once treated the disease, such as whiskey and blood-letting. Influenza also breaks down the current dialogue surrounding the disease, explaining the controversy over vaccinations, antiviral drugs like Tamiflu, and the federal government's role in preparing for pandemic outbreaks. Though 100 years of advancement in medical research and technology have passed since the 1918 disaster, Dr. Brown warns that many of the most vital questions about the flu virus continue to confound even the leading experts.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Brown, J. (2018). Influenza: the hundred-year hunt to cure the deadliest disease in history (Large print edition.). Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Brown, Jeremy, 1964-. 2018. Influenza: The Hundred-year Hunt to Cure the Deadliest Disease in History. Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Brown, Jeremy, 1964-. Influenza: The Hundred-year Hunt to Cure the Deadliest Disease in History Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2018.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Brown, Jeremy. Influenza: The Hundred-year Hunt to Cure the Deadliest Disease in History Large print edition., Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2018.
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