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Hong Kong, and H5N1, 97–98, 102 Nenets, 37–38
human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), 9, Nipah virus, 57
14–16, 22, 119 No More Epidemics, 8, 68
index patient, 15, 58, 62 pandemics
influenza definition of, 9
H1N1, 26, 58, 101–103, 107 history of, 9–17
H2N2, 102 prevention of, 108–119
H3N2, 100–102 pathogens, 25, 27, 38–39, 68–69, 86, 91–92,
H5N1, 97–98, 102–103, 107 98
H7N9, 102–104, 107 penicillin
infographic, 99 development of, 78–80
prevention of, 101–102, 105–106, 116 permafrost, and disease transmission, 37–39
symptoms of, 42, 98, 100, 104–105 pharmaceutical companies, 93–94, 113
types of, 100–101 Physicians for Human Rights, 71
vaccines, 26, 100–102, 105–106, 116 Piot, Peter, 60, 65–66
infographics, 11, 18–19, 21, 99 polio, 70–73
contact tracing, 30 prairie dogs, and monkeypox, 31–32
Projects Abroad, 118–119
Jianlun, Liu, 28 public health, 49–50, 62, 65, 71, 90, 92, 97,
Khan, Ali S., 22–23, 33, 96 109–110, 112
Liberia, and Ebola, 61–63, 111 Quammen, David, 15, 52, 54, 116
Lyme disease, 17, 22, 39, 41, 42, 54, 102 rapid response, 109, 111
symptoms of, 40–42 refugee camps, and disease transmission,
treatment for, 42 70–71, 109
lymph nodes, 10, 12 reservoirs of disease transmission, 55–57. See
malaria, and Nothing but Nets, 118 also bats
Marburg virus, 56 ribonucleic acid (RNA), 19–20, 22, 28,
megacities, and disease transmission, 67–69, 98–99
109 Saudi Arabia, and Middle East Respiratory
meningitis, 17, 45, 70, 105, 116 Syndrome (MERS), 58, 60
methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), 8,
(MRSA), 87–89, 110 17, 22, 24, 27–30, 33, 57–59, 65, 103
symptoms of, 88 Shah, Sonia, 24, 98
treatment for, 89 Siberia, and anthrax, 37–39
microcephaly, 48–49 simian immunodeficiency virus, 15
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), smallpox, 9, 32, 38–39, 74
58–60, 65, 114 Spanish influenza, 9, 12–13, 102
monkeypox, 9, 31–32 Sparrow, Annie, 69, 72–73, 108–109
mosquitoes. See also genetic modification Sui-chu, Kwan, 27–28
Aedes aegypti, 33, 48 superbugs, 80–81, 86–87, 90, 109
Aedes albopictus, 33, 48–49 Acinetobacter baumannii, 86
control of, 42, 45, 51 Enterobacteriaceae, 86
Culex, 44 Enterococcus faecium, 86
and disease transmission, 6–7, 33, 39–40, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, 86
43–46, 48, 50–51, 64, 69, 114–115 Staphylococcus aureus, 87
National Aeronautics and Space Syria, and polio, 71–73
Administration (NASA), 35–36

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