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Six Modern Plagues and How We Are Causing Them: And How We Are Causing Them
Mark Jerome Walters
Mark Jerome Walters elucidates the surprising connections between human-induced changes to the natural environment and recent epidemics, including West Nile virus, mad cow disease, HIV/AIDS. Lyme disease, and SARS. According to Walters, we are not only victims of these emerging diseases; we are helping exacerbate their creation and spread.
216 pages, bibliog , index
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | October 1, 2004 |
| ISBN13 | 9781559637145 |
| Publishers | Island Press |
| Pages | 224 |
| Dimensions | 139 × 210 × 16 mm · 256 g |
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