Modern Epidemics. Salvador Macip

A useful treatment One vaccine or many vaccines? The future of humanity depends on an egg The danger of bird flu The 2009 influenza pandemic Drugs and the race against time Epidemic or pandemic? A change of hemispheres Prepare for the worst The consequences of the pandemic 8 AIDS Another multifaceted virus The African sickness A scientists’ squabble The Nobel of discord The silent infection Necessary swift diagnosis A miraculous treatment … that doesn’t cure Side effects The virus becomes more dangerous Treatments for the future And the famous vaccine? Defence is the best attack Where does the money come from? Denialists: as dangerous as the virus 9 Tuberculosis Koch’s bacillus: an armoured microbe A problem that comes back The threat of resistant tuberculosis New treatments, old treatments Another disease with no vaccine The tuberculosis that comes from cows 10 Malaria All because of a mosquito Goodwill is not enough The treatment and how to get it to people who need it Has the time of resistances come? The controversial SPf66 vaccine The army is also researching Against the insects: mosquito nets and genetic engineering Global action A tropical disease only?

      10  Epilogue

      11  Glossary

      12  Index

      13  End User License Agreement

      Guide

      1  Cover

      2  Table of Contents

      3  Title Page

      4  Copyright

      5  Dedication

      6  Epigraph

      7  Acknowledgements

      8  Introduction

      9  Begin Reading

      10  Epilogue

      11  Glossary

      12  Index

      13  End User License Agreement

      Pages

      1  iii

      2  iv

      3  v

      4  vi

      5  ix

      6  1

      7  2

      8  3

      9  4

      10  5

      11