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climate change and, 48–51 numbers of, 13
in developing world, importance Middle East respiratory syndrome
of addressing, 17 (MERS), 7, 44
means of transmission, 20–23, Moderna vaccine, 42
26–27 Morens, David, 44, 46
noninfectious Mpanju-Shumbusho, Winnie, 29
(noncommunicable) diseases MRSA. See methicillin-resistant
vs., 8 Staphylococcus aureus
influenza, 13, 22, 48 multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas
H1N1 swine, 44 aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa), 35
Spanish, 1918 pandemic, 32, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, 36,
39 37
insect vectors, 27
Naegleria fowleri (brain-eating
Jia, Hongbo, 41 amoeba), 18–19
Johns Hopkins Coronavirus National Academy of Sciences,
Resource Center, 39, 42 17
Johnson, Earvin “Magic,” 31–32 National Aeronautics and Space
Johnson & Johnson vaccine, 42 Administration (NASA), 51
Joint United Nations Programme National Institute of Allergy and
on HIV/AIDS, 32 Infectious Diseases (NIAID), 57
National Institutes of Health (NIH),
Knight, Rob, 9 57
Kumar, Mukesh, 41 Nature (journal), 10–11
Nature Medicine (journal), 43
Lactobacillus bulgaricus, 11 noncommunicable, definition of, 9
Lederberg, Joshua, 7 noninfectious (noncommunicable)
Ley, Ruth, 9 diseases, 8
life expectancy, 47
Lopez, Cristiano, 24 parasites, 18–19
pathogens, definition of, 16
malaria, 6, 29 penicillin, 16–17, 52
drug-resistant, 52 Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, 42
methicillin-resistant Plague of Justinian (541–549),
Staphylococcus aureus (S. 29, 32
aureus, MRSA), 35, 52 population, world, 47
microbe(s)
beneficial vs. pathogenic, 9 rabies, 26
definition of, 7 receptors, 14
drug-resistant, 35 retroviruses, 34
living in human body, 8–9 reverse transcription, 34
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