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Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
  • Authored by: David H. Walker, M.D.
  • From the Series: Deadly Diseases and Epidemics
  • Trim Size: 6 x 9
  • ISBN-10: 079108678X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0-7910-8678-0
  • Status: In Stock
  • List Price: $34.95
  • Imprint: Chelsea House
  • Published: 11/01/2007
  • Dewey Number: 616
  • Reading Level: Grades 9 and up
  • Pages: 96

Summary

This book tells the story of one of the deadliest infectious diseases known: Rocky Mountain spotted fever. Originating as an emerging infectious disease on the western frontier that killed up to 90 percent of infected persons, Rocky Mountain spotted fever is caused by a curious organism, Rickettsia rickettsii. Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever explains what a rickettsia is, how it lives in nature, and how, when, and where ticks transmit the bacteria to humans. The features of the disease and its potential cures are described in language accessible to persons with little scientific background, making this book a terrific resource for the general reader.

Specifications

Full-color and black-and-white photographs and illustrations. Sidebars. Further reading. References. Glossary. Charts. Diagrams. Web sites. Index.

About the Author(s)

David H. Walker, M.D., is director of the UTMB Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Disease, University of Texas Medical Branch; and director of the WHO Collaborating Center for Tropical Diseases, University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas. He received his M.D. from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville, Tennessee.

Foreword by David Heymann, World Health Organization

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