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Table of Contents Chapter 1 - Notable Epidemics in Human History 1) "2,500-year Evolution of the Term Epidemic," by Paul M.V. Martin & Estelle Martin-Granel, Emerging Infectious Diseases, June 2006 2) "The Black Death: The Greatest Catastrophe Ever," by Ole J. Benedictow, History Today, March 2005 3) "The Migration of Smallpox and Its Indelible Footprint on Latin American History," by Mark Thomson, The History Teacher, November 1998 4) "Sick City: Maps and Mortality in the Time of Cholera," by Steven Shapin, The New Yorker, November 6, 2006 5) "Flu's Worst Season," by Nell Boyce, U.S. News & World Report, August 12, 2002 Sidebar: "The Bad Fight: Immune Systems Harmed 1918 Flu Patients," by C. Brownlee, Science News, September 30, 2006 6) "Conquering Polio," by Renee Skelton, National Geographic World, May 2000 (Sidebar: "From Paralysis to Prevention") 7) "How AIDS Changed America," by David Jefferson with Ramin Setoodeh, Newsweek, May 15, 2006 Chapter Two - Preventing, Controlling, and Eradicating Epidemic Outbreaks 1) "Rules of Contagion," by Bob Holmes, New Scientist, October 28, 2006 2) "Disease and Globalization: On a Fast Track," by Fariborz Ghadar & Beth Hardy, Industrial Management, January/February 2006 3) "How to Wipe Out AIDS in 45 Years," by Jessica Werb, Maclean's, August 14-21, 2006 4) "Global Plan to Stop Tuberculosis," by the editors of UN Chronicle, March-May, 2006 5) "Polio," by Julie L. Gerberding, Foreign Policy, September/October 2005 6) "Face Facts," by Lawrence M. Wein, New York Times, October 25, 2006 Chapter Three - Is Avian Flu the Next Epidemic? 1) "In the Shadow of Pandemic," by Tyler A. Kokjohn and Kimbal E. Cooper, The Futurist, September/October 2006 (Sidebars: "WHO's Guidelines for Recognizing a Pandemic" and "Absenteeism in the Wake of Outbreak") 2) "Bracing for Bird Flu," by Danylo Hawaleshka, Maclean's, March 21, 2005 3) "What the President Should Have Said About Bird Flu," by Nick Schulz, Saturday Evening Post, January/February 2006 4) "Spreading Its Wings," by Nancy Schute, U.S. News & World Report, March 20, 2006 5) "Immediate Treatment Needed for Bird Flu Cases, Study Says," by Donald G. MacNeil Jr., New York Times, September 11, 2006 Chapter 4 - The Psychological and Economic Impact of Epidemics 1) "The Fear Factor," by Nancy Shute, U.S. News & World Report, November 21, 2005 2) "Influenza Economics," by Cinda Becker, Modern Healthcare, November 7, 2005 3) "Three Things You Don't Know About AIDS in Africa," by Emily Oster, Esquire, December 1, 2006 4) "The HIV Trade-Off," by David Batstone, Sojourners, February 2006 5) "Death by Mosquito," by Simon Robinson, Time, July 24, 2004 Chapter 5 - Bioterrorism 1) "The Bioterrorism Scare," by Philip Alcabes, The American Scholar, Spring 2004 2) "Biological Weapons," by the editors of Foreign Policy, September/October 2006 3) "Pox Unlocked?" by Ingrid Wickelgren, Current Science, March 18, 2005 4) "Identifying Airborne Pathogens in Time to Respond," by Gabriele Rennie, Scientific & Technology Review, October 2005 5) "Bid to Stockpile Bioterror Drugs Stymied by Setbacks," by Epic Lipton, New York Times, September 18, 2006 Appendix: "25 Years of AIDS," by the editors of the UN Chronicle, No. 2, 2006
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Epidemics -- History.
Avian influenza.
Bioterrorism.
Disease Outbreaks -- history -- Collected Works.
Disease Outbreaks -- prevention & control -- Collected Works.
Bioterrorism -- psychology -- Collected Works.
Orthomyxoviridae Infections -- prevention & control -- Collected Works.
World Health -- Collected Works.