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Contents
Preface
I. Notable Epidemics in Human History
Editor’s Introduction
1) 2,500-year Evolution of the Term Epidemic. Paul M. V. Martin and
Estelle Martin-Granel. Emerging Infectious Diseases
2) The Black Death: The Greatest Catastrophe Ever. Ole J. Benedictow.
History Today
3) The Migration of Smallpox and Its Indelible Footprint on Latin American
History. Mark Thomson. The History Teacher
4) Sick City: Maps and Mortality in the Time of Cholera. Steven Shapin.
The New Yorker
5) Flu’s Worst Season. Nell Boyce. U.S. News & World Report
6) Conquering Polio. Renee Skelton. National Geographic World
7) How AIDS Changed America. David Jefferson. Newsweek
II. Preventing, Controlling, and Eradicating Epidemic
Outbreaks
Editor’s Introduction
1) Rules of Contagion. Bob Holmes. New Scientist
2) Disease and Globalization: On a Fast Track. Fariborz Ghadar and Beth
Hardy. Industrial Management
3) The Scourge of AIDS in Africa And Why We Must Act Now. The Virginia
Quarterly Review
4) How to Wipe Out AIDS in 45 Years. Jessica Werb. Maclean’s
5) Global Plan to Stop Tuberculosis: Investment in TB Control Works but
Progress Uneven. UN Chronicle
6) Polio. Julie L. Gerberding. Foreign Policy
III. Is Avian Flu the Next Epidemic?
Editor’s Introduction
1) In the Shadow of Pandemic. Tyler A. Kokjohn and Kimbal E. Cooper. The
Futurist
2) Panic Attack. William Speed Weed. Current Science
3) What the President Should Have Said About Bird Flu. Nick Schulz. The
Saturday Evening Post
4) Spreading Its Wings. Nancy Shute. U.S. News & World Report
5) Immediate Treatment Needed for Bird Flu Cases, Study Says. Donald G.
McNeil Jr. The New York Times
IV. The Psychological and Economic Impact of
Epidemics
Editor’s Introduction
1) The Fear Factor. Nancy Shute. U.S. News & World Report
2) Influenza Economics. Cinda Becker. Modern Healthcare
3) Three Things You Don’t Know About AIDS in Africa. Emily Oster. Esquire
4) The HIV Trade-Off. David Batstone. Sojourners
5) Death by Mosquito. Christine Gorman. Time
V. Bioterrorism
Editor’s Introduction
1) The Bioterrorism Scare. Philip Alcabes. The American Scholar
2) Biological Weapons. Foreign Policy
3) Pox Unlocked? Ingrid Wickelgren. Current Science
4) Identifying Airborne Pathogens in Time to Respond. Gabriele Rennie.
Science & Technology Review
5) Bid to Stockpile Bioterror Drugs Stymied by Setbacks. Eric Lipton. The
New York Times
6) The Biodefense Buildup: Fallout for Other Research Areas? Barton
Reppert. BioScience
Appendix
25 Years of AIDS. UN Chronicle
Bibliography
Books
Web Sites
Additional Periodical Articles with Abstracts
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