Book 2006

Deadly Invaders

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Publisher: Kingfisher Books
Published: 2006

Avian influenza
Emerging infectious diseases
Juvenile literature
Marburgvirus
Virus diseases
Marburg virus
Communicable diseases
Medical virology

Takes a look at the 2005 epidemic in Angola caused by Marburg, a virus related to Ebola, discussing health care in the developing world, and describes the origins and spread of avian flu, HIV and AIDS, hantavirus, West Nile virus, SARS, and monkeypox.