Exhibit Case 2: Other Viruses
Case 2 provides information on other viruses in the world, past and present. Click on an image to be taken either to the item in our catalog or to a website for Internet items.
Dworkin, Mark S. Outbreak Investigations: Case Studies in Infectious Disease Field Epidemiology. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett, 2010. |
Emerging Infectious Diseases: Trends and Issues. Ed. Lashley & Durham. 2nd ed. New York : Springer, 2007. |
Honigsbaum, Mark. A History of the Great Influenza Pandemics: Death, Panic and Hysteria, 1830-1920. London: I.B. Tauris, 2014. |
Oldstone, Michael B. Viruses, Plagues, and History: Past, Present, and Future. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2010. |
Pandemic Influenza: Emergency Planning and Community Preparedness. Ed. Jeffrey R. Ryan. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2009. |
Price-Smith, Andrew T. Contagion and Chaos: Disease, Ecology, and National Security in the Era of Globalization. Cambridge, MA: MIT, 2009. |
Washer, Peter. Emerging Infectious Diseases and Society. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. |
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Zambia Ministry of Health. National Measles Immunization Campaign 2003: Technical Report. Lusaka: Ministry of Health; Central Board of Health, 2003. |
Fact Sheet created by the World Health Organization, 2014. |
“Measles: Know the Risks, Check Your Status, Protect Yourself”
According to the World Health Organization, “Measles is a highly contagious, serious disease caused by a virus. In 1980, before widespread vaccination, measles caused an estimated 2.6 million deaths each year. It remains one of the leading causes of death among young children globally, despite the availability of a safe and effective vaccine. Approximately 122,000 people died from measles in 2012 – mostly children under the age of five.” |
About the journal: “Emerging Infectious Diseases is a peer-reviewed journal established expressly to promote the recognition of new and reemerging infectious diseases around the world and improve the understanding of factors involved in disease emergence, prevention, and elimination.” |
Journal: Emerging Infectious Diseases. Special Issue on Emerging Viruses, May 2012. |