Notice bibliographique
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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Brown, Jeremy (1964-....)
Titre(s) : Influenza [Texte imprimé] : the hundred-year hunt to cure the deadliest disease in history / Jeremy Brown, MD, MHS
Édition : First Touchstone hardcover edition
Publication : New York : Touchstone, copyright 2018
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (IX-258 p.) : ill. ; 24 cm
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 227-239. Index
"On the 100th anniversary of the devastating pandemic of 1918, Jeremy Brown, a veteran
ER doctor, explores the troubling, terrifying, and complex history of the flu virus,
from the origins of the Great Flu that killed millions, to vexing questions such as:
are we prepared for the next epidemic, should you get a flu shot, and how close are
we to finding a cure? While influenza is now often thought of as a common and mild
disease, it still kills over 30,000 people in the US each year. Dr. Jeremy Brown,
currently Director of Emergency Care Research at the National Institutes of Health,
expounds on the flu's deadly past to solve the mysteries that could protect us from
the next outbreak. In Influenza, he talks with leading epidemiologists, policy makers,
and the researcher who first sequenced the genetic building blocks of the original
1918 virus to offer both a comprehensive history and a roadmap for understanding what's
to come. Dr. Brown digs into the discovery and resurrection of the flu virus in the
frozen victims of the 1918 epidemic, as well as the bizarre remedies that once treated
the disease, such as whiskey and blood-letting. Influenza also breaks down the current
dialogue surrounding the disease, explaining the controversy over vaccinations, antiviral
drugs like Tamiflu, and the federal government's role in preparing for pandemic outbreaks.
Though 100 years of advancement in medical research and technology have passed since
the 1918 disaster, Dr. Brown warns that many of the most vital questions about the
flu virus continue to confound even the leading experts. Influenza is an enlightening
and unnerving look at a shapeshifting deadly virus that has been around long before
people--and warns us that it may be many more years before we are able to conquer
it for good"
Sujet(s) : Grippe -- États-Unis -- Histoire
Indice(s) Dewey :
614.518 0907309 (23e éd.) = Grippe (incidence et mesures publiques de prévention) - États-Unis - Histoire
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781501181245. - ISBN 1501181246 (rel.). - ISBN 9781501181269 (erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb46532546z
Notice n° :
FRBNF46532546
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Enemas, bloodletting, and whiskey : treating the flu ; The jolly rant : a history
of the virus ; "Something fierce" : the Spanish flu of 1918 ; "Am I gonna die?"
: round two, and three, and four ... ; Resurrecting the flu ; Data, intuition, and
other weapons of war ; Your evening flu forecast ; The fault in our stockpiles :
Tamiflu and the cure that wasn't there ; The hunt for a flu vaccine ; The business
of flu.
