Encyclopedia contains the most recent information on new statistics, emerging infections, new diseases, and details on the risk of bioterrorism. Covers updated data on diagnosis, genetics, and treatments of diseases such as Ebola, Avian flu, and Lyme disease. All entries are cross-referenced and indexed.
Gives a history of the appearance of the Ebola and Marburg viruses and details the characteristics of the Ebola virus and techniques used to research it. Ebola, or hemorrhagic fever (Ebola HF), is a disease that affects both humans and nonhuman primates, including monkeys, gorillas, and chimpanzee.
A brief, clear, thorough, and highly enjoyable approach to clinical microbiology, brimming with mnemonics, humor, summary charts and illustrations, from AIDS to "flesh-eating bacteria" to ebola, mad cow disease, hantavirus, anthrax, smallpox, botulism, etc.
