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