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Federal Body Snatchers and the New Guinea Virus: Tales of People, Parasites, and Politics Hardcover - 2002
by Desowitz, Robert S
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Like a novelist, Desowitz traces the histories of the world's devastating diseases and the issues all must confront--the morality and legality of patent laws; the effect of global warming on epidemics; public support for the commercial biomedical industry; and the terrifying shadow of bioterrorism. 8 illustrations.
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- Title Federal Body Snatchers and the New Guinea Virus: Tales of People, Parasites, and Politics
- Author Desowitz, Robert S
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 224
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher W. W. Norton & Company, New York
- Date 2002
- Features Dust Cover, Index, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # G0393051854I3N00
- ISBN 9780393051858 / 0393051854
- Weight 1.01 lbs (0.46 kg)
- Dimensions 8.38 x 5.8 x 1.06 in (21.29 x 14.73 x 2.69 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Epidemiology, Communicable diseases
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002071431
- Dewey Decimal Code 616.9
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If "emerging diseases" had a sense of humor, they would be amused at being "discovered" like some lost tribe.
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Citations
- Booklist, 09/01/2002, Page 35
- Kirkus Reviews, 08/01/2002, Page 1090
- New York Review of Books, 01/16/2003, Page 20