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Neuropsychiatric Complications of HIV: A Challenging Health Concern examines these neuropsychiatric complications prevalent in those who are HIV positive, providing clinical correlation, translational significance, and details guides to neurocognitive assessment, brain imaging, and related neuropharmacology. Written for clinicians, researchers, and students working with HIV and AIDS, the book begins with the biology of HIV, a complete look at available ARTs and antibodies, as well as diagnostics tools for HIV.It continues on to the epidemiology of NeuroAIDs and the manifestations of it-cognitive deficits, dementia, depression, agitation, psychosis, and cognitive slowing.

Understanding how Covid-19 started is more important than we know for the future of humankind. Determining whether the virus came from nature or from a lab will help us to safeguard against the next pandemic.This disease will forever punctuate modern history. It has led to the deaths of millions, sickened hundreds of millions and affected the lives of almost every person on the planet. We now know that Covid is here to stay.Genetic engineering expert Dr Alina Chan and renowned science writer Matt Ridley examine the origins of SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for Covid-19, using their formidable skills to scrutinise arguments and rigorously analyse the sprawling data. Viral is a fascinating account that takes in pangolins, horseshoe bats, internet sleuths and misleading scientific papers. It details the evidence and investigates hypotheses for the virus origin, chief among them a potential laboratory leak or a natural spillover.Science has made great strides over the last decades. Chan and Ridley give an insight into the proliferating pathogen research and virus hunting around the world. Whatever the source of the virus, the world needs to adopt new policies and strategies to prevent or mitigate future outbreaks.Set in the caves and mineshafts, food markets and wildlife smugglers' stores, laboratories and databases of China and elsewhere, Viral is a page-turner that reads like a detective novel and goes deeper into the deepest mystery of the day than any other work.This is the book on the search for the origin of Covid-19.

Translation of: Badhl al-måa°åun fåi faòdl al-òtåa°åun; "In general, we relied on Aòhmad °Iòsåam °Abd al-Qåadir al-Kåatib's 1991 Arabic edition of this text. Al-Kåatib consulted several early manuscript versions of the text at libraries in Aleppo, Damascus, and Istanbul--including one from the Sulaymaniyah library that was dated to the summer of 1448, just months before Ibn òHajar's death."--Galley.

Now that the health community is in a state of reflection, how do we put the lessons learned into practice?As we step back to examine the worldwide response to the COVID-19 pandemic, now is the time to think about how to raise the bar for our response to the next public health emergency. Now is the time to revisit health preparedness strategies and plans. And now is the time to review what the health community did that worked-and how we can do that again.Learning from COVID-19: GIS for Pandemics tells real-life stories about how spatial thinking became invaluable in both local and full-scale outbreaks during the COVID-19 pandemic.Needing to answer the question of "e;where"e; sat at the forefront of everyone's mind, and using a geographic information system (GIS) for real-time surveillance transformed possibly overwhelming data into location intelligence that provided agencies and civic leaders with valuable insights.Co-edited by Esri chief medical officer Dr. Este Geraghty, this book highlights best practices, key GIS capabilities, and lessons learned during the COVID-19 response that can help communities prepare for the next crisis. GIS has empowered:Organizations to use human mobility data to estimate the adherence to social distancing guidelinesCommunities to monitor their health care systems' capacity through spatially enabled surge toolsGovernments to use location-allocation methods to site new resources (i.e., testing sites and augmented care sites) in ways that account for at-risk and vulnerable populationsCommunities to use maps and spatial analysis to review case trends at local levels to support reopening of economiesOrganizations to think spatially as they consider "e;back-to-the-workplace"e; plans that account for physical distancing and employee safety needsLearning from COVID-19 also includes a "e;next steps"e; section that provides ideas, strategies, tools, and actions to help jump-start your own use of GIS, either as a citizen scientist or a health professional. A collection of online resources, including additional stories, videos, new ideas and concepts, and downloadable tools and content, complements this book.Now is the time to use science and data to make informed decisions for our future, and this book shows us how we can do it.

Dice el ex vicepresidente de Pfizer, Michael Yeadon, que con el genocidio que se está cometiendo no se explica cómo no hay noches de "antorchas y horcas" y linchamientos contra sus autores. Este es el libro definitivo para esas jornadas de Justicia que, sin ningún género de dudas, se producirán a lo largo de este año, porque todos los Gobiernos de lo que conocemos como Occidente han perdido por completo la legitimidad de ejercicio.

Leishmaniasis is a major global health challenge, affecting approximately 12 million of the poorest people in 100 countries. It is a deforming and fatal disease in the visceral form. Therapies for leishmaniasis are numerically restricted, basically consisting of the administration of miltefosine, pentavalent antimonials, amphotericin B, or pentamidine. This is an important vulnerability against therapy efficiency that must be overcome by the scientific community. This book discusses important aspects of the disease, such as treatment, epidemiology, and molecular and cell biology. The information contained herein is important for young researchers as they seek to develop safe and effective treatments for this neglected tropical disease.

Modernizing Global Health Security to Prevent, Detect, and Respond explores‿through thoughtful, thorough, and diverse scientific review and analyses‿factors that have led to recent public health emergencies and offers a vision for a better protected global environment. The authors consider the history of global health security, governance, and legal structures with an eye toward novel approaches for the present and future. The book presents a vision for a more protected and safer global public health future (with the actions needed to achieve it) to prevent, detect, and respond to (re)emerging threats. Its aim is to chart a way forward with the understanding that future pandemics must and can be prevented. Major topics examined from a public health perspective include global health security; the growing concept of One Health; epidemic and pandemic prevention, detection, and response; reviews of past (e.g., Ebola, MERS-CoV, Zika, and COVID-19) public health emergencies of international concern; roles of information and communication technology; humanmade public health threats; and legal and ethical issues (e.g., viral sovereignty, trust, and transparency). Modernizing Global Health Security to Prevent, Detect, and Respond provides the academic substance and quality for researchers and practitioners to deeply understand the why of health emergencies, and most importantly‿what we can and should do now to prepare.

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic - at the interlocking levels of politics, economy, and society - have been different across regions, states, and societies. In the case of the Middle East and North Africa, which was already in the throes of intense tumult following the onset of the 2011 Arab Spring, COVID's blows have on the one hand followed the trajectory of some global patterns, while at the same time playing out in regionally specific ways. Based on empirical country-level analysis, this volume brings together an international team of contributors seeking to untangle how COVID-19 unfolds across the MENA. The analyses are framed through a contextual adaptation of Ulrich Beck's famous concept of "risk society" that pinpointed the negative consequences of modernity and its unbridled capitalism. The book traces how this has come home in full force in the COVID-19 pandemic. The editors, Larbi Sadiki and Layla Saleh, use the term "Arab risk society". They highlight short-term and long-term repercussions across the MENA. These include socio-economic inequality, a revitalized state of authoritarianism challenged by relentless democratic struggles. But the analyses are attuned to problem-solving research. The "ethnographies of the pandemic" included in this book investigate transformations and coping mechanisms within each country case study. They provide an ethically-informed research praxis that can respond to the manifold crises crashing down upon MENA polities and societies

""Visceral and Hereditary Syphilis: With Special Reference to Measures of Public Hygiene"" is a medical book written by Franz Oppert in 1868. The book provides a detailed analysis of the symptoms, causes, and treatment of syphilis, a sexually transmitted disease that was prevalent during the 19th century. Oppert focuses on the two types of syphilis - visceral and hereditary - and examines their impact on the human body, particularly on the nervous system. The author also emphasizes the importance of public hygiene measures in preventing the spread of the disease, such as education, quarantine, and the use of prophylactics. The book is written in a scientific and technical language and is intended for medical professionals and researchers. Overall, ""Visceral and Hereditary Syphilis"" is an important historical document that sheds light on the medical knowledge and practices of the 19th century.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

During a devastating nineteenth-century cholera outbreak, English physician John Snow proved that the deadly disease could hide in a drop of water. In the twentieth century, burgeoning cities would subdue cholera and typhoid by building massive filtration plants and bubbling poisonous gas through their drinking water. But in the new millennium, the demon of waterborne disease is threatening to reemerge, and the results could be catastrophic.In this fascinating, sobering account, Dr. Robert Morris depicts the epidemics that have shaken nations, celebrates the scientists who reached into the invisible and ultimately saved millions of lives, and sounds a timely warning we dare not ignore about the natural and man-made hazards present in the water we drink.

La moria grandissima began its terrible journey across the European and Asian continents in 1347, leaving unimaginable devastation in its wake. Five years later, twenty-five million people were dead, felled by the scourge that would come to be called the Black Death. The Great Mortality is the extraordinary epic account of the worst natural disaster in European history -- a drama of courage, cowardice, misery, madness, and sacrifice that brilliantly illuminates humankind's darkest days when an old world ended and a new world was born.

The fascinating story of the intensive search to discover and possess quinine--the only known cure for malaria Malaria kills someone every 12 minutes in Africa. Now known mostly as a disease of the tropics, malaria led to the demise of the Roman Empire 2,000 years ago and ravaged Europe for years afterwards. At the start of the 17th century, Jesuit priests developed quinine, an alkaloid made out of the bitter red bark of the cinchona tree from the Andes. When quinine arrived in Europe, the Protestant powers resisted the medicine fearing that it was a Popish poison. Quinine's reputation improved, however, when King Charles II was cured of malaria through its offices. Through the centuries, wars were fought to control the supply-through the building of the Panama Canal and into WWII--until Americans synthesized quinine for the first time in 1944. Rocco describes the ravages of the disease, the search for a cure, and the quest to steal and smuggle cinchona seeds out of South America. The Miraculous Fever Tree deftly illuminates the religious and scientific rivalries, intrepid exploration and colonization evinced by the search for quinine.

In Invisible Invaders, Judy Campbell argues that epidemics of smallpox among Australian Aboriginals preceded European settlement.An epidemic of smallpox among Aboriginal people around the infant colony of Sydney in 1789 puzzled the British, for there had been no cases on the ships of the First Fleet. Where, then, did the epidemic come from?As explorers moved further inland, they witnessed other epidemics of smallpox, notably in the late 1820s and early 1830s and again in the 1860s and 1870s. They also encountered many pockmarked survivors of early epidemics.In Invisible Invaders, Judy Campbell argues that epidemics of smallpox among Australian Aboriginals preceded European settlement. She believes they originated in regular visits to the northern coast of Australia by Macassan fishermen from southern Sulawesi and nearby islands. They were searching for trepang, for which there was a profitable market in China.The Macassan fishermen usually visited during the monsoon season, and the local Indigenous people traded with them. Once the monsoon was over, these Aboriginals resumed their travels into the interior for food, social contact and ritual events, carrying small pox with them. Smallpox thus slowly moved across the continent, eventually reaching the south-east, where it was first recorded by Europeans.Judith Campbell's research on the incidence of smallpox and other diseases among Aboriginal people has extended over more than twenty years. Accumulating evidence from other disciplines supports her findings.

Recent cases of anthrax in the United States have generated much discussion about the threat Americans may face from chemical and biological terrorist attacks. Some experts believe other biological agents pose far greater threats than anthrax. Smallpox is one of these. Smallpox is a contagious virus with a high mortality rate. But in 1980, after a thirteen-year campaign, the World Health Organization officially declared the disease eradicated. Smallpox vaccinations haven't been given to the general population in the United States since 1972. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, American Indians called smallpox Rotting Face, a plague so terrible parents sometimes killed their children to save them from the agony. R. G. Robertson tells the story of America's last great smallpox epidemic. The smallpox outbreak of 1837-1838 on the Northern Plains, forever changed the political and social structure of the tribes in that region. Before it ran out of human fuel, Rotting Face claimed an estimated 20,000 natives, doing more damage to the tribes in one year than all the military expeditions sent against the American Indian before or after. Robertson details the history of smallpox and the profound impact the disease had in Europe, Asia and other regions of the Americas, where it killed or maimed rich and poor, royalty and peasant alike. It also gives the reader a chilling look at what can happen when the disease attacks a virgin population with little immunity -- like modern-day America. Robertson's gripping account also dispels some popular myths about the role of early-day whites in the spread of this devastating disease.

The title of this book is taken from Albert Camus, who wrote, "In the midst of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer." Indeed, the AIDS epidemic has hit like a cold blizzard in the gay community and in inner cities afflicted by high levels of drug abuse. In the Midst of Winter chronicles the brave struggles of families, couples, and individuals caught in that storm and speaks to their strengths, as well as to those of their therapists, even in the bleakest of circumstances. Powerful and practical, immediate and inspiring, it shows the way through the storm to the "invincible summer."

A vital, timely text on the viruses that cause pandemics and how to face them, by the New York Times bestselling author of How Not to Die. From tuberculosis to bird flu and HIV to coronavirus, these infectious diseases share a common origin story: human interaction with animals. Otherwise known as zoonotic diseases for their passage from animals to humans, these pathogens-both pre-existing ones and those newly identified-emerge and re-emerge throughout history, sparking epidemics and pandemics that have resulted in millions of deaths around the world.How did these diseases come about? And what-if anything-can we do to stop them and their fatal march into our countries, our homes, and our bodies? In How to Survive a Pandemic, Dr. Michael Greger, physician and internationally-recognized expert on public health issues, delves into the origins of some of the deadliest pathogens the world has ever seen. Tracing their evolution from the past until today, Dr. Greger spotlights emerging flu and coronaviruses as he examines where these pathogens originated, as well as the underlying conditions and significant human role that have exacerbated their lethal influence to large, and even global, levels.As the world grapples with the devastating impact of the novel coronavirus 2019, Dr. Greger reveals not only what we can do to protect ourselves and our loved ones during a pandemic, but also what human society must rectify to reduce the likelihood of even worse catastrophes in the future.

Sidste bind i spændende og velskrevet dystopisk thriller, der er skrevet i dagsbogsform, vekslende mellem flere fortællere. Om en hverdag, der på grund af en virus pludselig ændrer sig fra den ene dag til den anden, og om at finde sin vej i en ny tilværelse.ZONERNE 3: HVID ZONE:Joel og Zahra er endelig nået frem til Hvid Zone, som er et yderst farligt sted ...Her vil de prøve at finde de andre immune, så de sammen kan sætte en stopper for Projekt Himmerige. Men samtidig bliver HUGO taget til fange og tvinges til at afsløre sine venners opholdssted.De tre venner mødes igen, men hvem kan de stole på, og hvem er forræder?Lix 25,6 – ml=8,9 lo=16,7MAGNUS NORDIN er blevet kaldt Sveriges gysermester og har modtaget priser for sin zombieserie VARELSERNA (udgivet som ZOMBIERNE i Danmark).LARS GABEL er en af Danmarks mest etablerede og prisbelønnede illustratorer.Velskrevet og spændende dystopisk fortælling, der foregår i en ikke så fjern fremtid. Den fortæller om en hverdag, hvor den verden man kender på grund af politiske konflikter og en altødelæggende virus pludselig forandres. Historien er illustreret med stemningsfulde s/h tegninger, der hænger fint sammen med handlingen. Det bliver svært at vente på næste bind! Første del i en dystopisk fremtidsserie. Den vil uden tvivl blive populær, og anbefales derfor indkøbt i flere eksemplarer.LEKTØRUDTALELSEN

Spændende og velskrevet dystopisk thriller i tre bind, der er skrevet i dagsbogsform, vekslende mellem flere fortællere. Om en hverdag, der på grund af en virus pludselig ændrer sig fra den ene dag til den anden, og om at finde sin vej i en ny tilværelse.ZONERNE 2: GRØN ZONE:Joel og Zahra er taget til Grøn zone for at lede efter andre immune unge. De har fundet ud af, at de er et resultatet af en et genetisk eksperiment, der gik ud på at skabe en superrace af immune mennesker, som skulle grundlægge en ny, fredelig verden.Der er lagt planer for deres liv, men planerne går langt fra som ventet, for onde kræfter blander sig … Hvem kan Joel, Zahra og de andre immune unge overhovedet stole på?Lix 24,0 – ml=8,2 lo=15,8MAGNUS NORDIN er blevet kaldt Sveriges gysermester og har modtaget priser for sin zombieserie VARELSERNA (udgivet som ZOMBIERNE i Danmark).LARS GABEL er en af Danmarks mest etablerede og prisbelønnede illustratorer.Velskrevet og spændende dystopisk fortælling, der foregår i en ikke så fjern fremtid. Den fortæller om en hverdag, hvor den verden man kender på grund af politiske konflikter og en altødelæggende virus pludselig forandres. Historien er illustreret med stemningsfulde s/h tegninger, der hænger fint sammen med handlingen. Det bliver svært at vente på næste bind! Første del i en dystopisk fremtidsserie. Den vil uden tvivl blive populær, og anbefales derfor indkøbt i flere eksemplarer.LEKTØRUDTALELSEN

Spændende og velskrevet dystopisk thriller i tre bind, der er skrevet i dagsbogsform, vekslende mellem flere fortællere. Om en hverdag, der på grund af en virus pludselig ændrer sig fra den ene dag til den anden, og om at finde sin vej i en ny tilværelse.ZONERNE 1: RØD ZONE:I en ikke så nær fremtid møder vi 14-årige Joel, der bor i en forladt og sønderbombet ejendom i Stockholms RØD ZONE. Alle er døde efter et angreb med biologiske våben.Moren fortalte på sit dødsleje, at Joel var noget helt særligt og ville kunne overleve alle sygdomme.En dag kommer en rød ballon, påmalet mund og øjne, svævende, og det går op for Joel, at der må være andre overlevende. Da Joel får kontakt til pigen Zahra, får de mistanke om, at det ikke er helt tilfældigt, de begge har overlevet.Lix 24,7 – ml=8,4 lo=16,3MAGNUS NORDIN er blevet kaldt Sveriges gysermester og har modtaget priser for sin zombieserie VARELSERNA (udgivet som ZOMBIERNE i Danmark).LARS GABEL er en af Danmarks mest etablerede og prisbelønnede illustratorer.Velskrevet og spændende dystopisk fortælling, der foregår i en ikke så fjern fremtid. Den fortæller om en hverdag, hvor den verden man kender på grund af politiske konflikter og en altødelæggende virus pludselig forandres. Historien er illustreret med stemningsfulde s/h tegninger, der hænger fint sammen med handlingen. Det bliver svært at vente på næste bind! Første del i en dystopisk fremtidsserie. Den vil uden tvivl blive populær, og anbefales derfor indkøbt i flere eksemplarer.LEKTØRUDTALELSEN