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100 1 a| Peters, C. J.=| ^A1197353;

245 10 a| Virus hunter :b| thirty years of battling hot viruses around the world /c| C.J. Peters and Mark Olshaker.;

250 a| 1st Anchor Books ed.;

260 a| New York :b| Anchor Books,c| 1997.;

300 a| xi, 323 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :b| illustrations ;c| 25 cm;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

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505 0 a| Foreword -- Prologue : the hoofbeats of zebras -- Chap. 1. The killer without a name -- Chap. 2. West Texas and beyond -- Chap. 3. MARU -- Chap. 4. Cochabamba -- Chap. 5. More answers, more questions -- Chap. 6. You're in the army now -- Chap. 7. The education of a military physician -- Chap. 8. Stalking Ebola -- Chap. 9. Right here in River City -- Chap. 10. The Gulf War and beyond -- Chap. 11. Looking ahead.;

520 a| From Central and South America to a deadly outbreak of a mystery virus in the American Southwest, from fieldwork in Egypt and the mountains of Kenya to immobilizing an army unit to stop a gut-wrenching outbreak of Ebola only miles from Washington, D.C., this book takes us backstage in the inevitable clash between biology and human lives. Because of new, emerging viruses, and the return of old, "vanquished" ones for which vaccines do not exist, there remains a very real danger of a new epidemic that could, without proper surveillance and early intervention, spread worldwide virtually overnight. The possibility of foreign countries or terrorist groups using deadly airborne viruses that are easily obtained rather than unwieldy explosives looms larger than ever in the future.;

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Virus hunter : thirty years of battling hot viruses around the world / C.J. Peters and Mark Olshaker.

Author/creator	Peters, C. J.
Other author	Olshaker, Mark, 1951-
Format	Book
Edition	1st Anchor Books ed.
Publication Info	New York : Anchor Books, 1997.
Description	xi, 323 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects	Peters, C. J. Peters, C. J. (Clarence James), 1940- Epidemiologists--United States. --Biography. Virologists--United States. --Biography. Hemorrhagic fever--Epidemiology. Epidemiology--Personal Narratives. Virology--Personal Narratives. Hemorrhagic Fevers, Viral--epidemiology. --Personal Narratives. History of Medicine. History, 20th Century.

Contents	Foreword -- Prologue : the hoofbeats of zebras -- Chap. 1. The killer without a name -- Chap. 2. West Texas and beyond -- Chap. 3. MARU -- Chap. 4. Cochabamba -- Chap. 5. More answers, more questions -- Chap. 6. You're in the army now -- Chap. 7. The education of a military physician -- Chap. 8. Stalking Ebola -- Chap. 9. Right here in River City -- Chap. 10. The Gulf War and beyond -- Chap. 11. Looking ahead.
Abstract	From Central and South America to a deadly outbreak of a mystery virus in the American Southwest, from fieldwork in Egypt and the mountains of Kenya to immobilizing an army unit to stop a gut-wrenching outbreak of Ebola only miles from Washington, D.C., this book takes us backstage in the inevitable clash between biology and human lives. Because of new, emerging viruses, and the return of old, "vanquished" ones for which vaccines do not exist, there remains a very real danger of a new epidemic that could, without proper surveillance and early intervention, spread worldwide virtually overnight. The possibility of foreign countries or terrorist groups using deadly airborne viruses that are easily obtained rather than unwieldy explosives looms larger than ever in the future.
Local note	Little-305090--305131010624Q
Local note	Laupus - copy autographed by author.
Acquisitions source	Laupus- Robert W. Cihak History of Medicine Collection
LCCN	97000977
ISBN	0385485581
ISBN	9780385485586

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