Search Results - "cholera"

Viral fitness the next SARS and West Nile in the making / by Goudsmit, Jaap, 1951-

Table of Contents: “…As natural as breathing: the flu virus -- Farming and feeding the hungry: plant viruses and human enteroviruses -- Raising cattle and eating meat: rinderpest, measles and mad cow virus -- Slaking our thirst: the cholera bacteria and its toxic viruses -- Weathering storms and droughts: West Nile virus and others alike -- Getting lucky with a faulty gene: escape from simple retroviruses -- Taking chances with sex: the herpes and papova viruses -- Risking death with sex: the AIDS virus -- Warring against humans and other animals: smallpox, monkeypox and alike -- Raiding the wild for delicacies: the sars virus.…”
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Colonial pathologies, environment, and Western medicine in Saint-Louis-du-Senegal, 1867-1920 by Ngalamulume, Kalala J.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Setting, themes, and conceptual perspectives -- The making of a colonial city -- "The white man's disease": the great yellow fever epidemics, 1867-1900 -- "The black man's disease": cholera and social inequality, 1868-1899 -- A conflict of interests among commerce, competing conceptions of public health, and civil liberties, 1882-1901 -- The scientific missions to Senegal and Brazil and the new paradigm, 1901-1912 -- Plague and violence in Saint-Louis-du-Senegal, 1917-1920 -- Conclusion.…”
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WHO Expert Committee on Biological Standardization fifty-second report.

Table of Contents: “…Group C meningococcal conjugate vaccines. Inactivated oral cholera vaccines. Guidelines on viral inactivation and removal procedures intended to assure the viral safety of human blood plasma products. …”
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Microbiological examination methods of food and water : a laboratory manual / by Silva, Neusely da

Table of Contents: “…Sampling, transport and storage of samples for analysis -- Preparation of samples for analysis -- Basic plate count techniques for enumeration of microorganisms -- Basic techniques for microbial enumeration by the most probable number method (MPN) -- Basic techniques for the detection of the presence/absence of microorganisms -- Aerobic plate count -- Yeasts and molds -- Enterobacteriaceae -- Total and thermotolerant Coliforms and Escherichia coli -- Staphylococcus aureus -- Bacillus cereus -- Clostridium perfringens -- Enterococci -- Lactic acid bacteria -- Campylobacter -- Cronobacter -- Pseudomonas -- Listeria monocytogenes -- Salmonella -- Vibrio cholerae and Vibrio parahaemolyticus -- Yersinia enterocolitica -- Bacterial spore count -- Commercial sterility -- Guidelines on preparation of culture media.…”
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The Chouteaus first family of the fur trade / by Hoig, Stan

Table of Contents: “…Threshold to an empire -- Beyond the great river -- War and peace on the Missouri -- In a Spanish dungeon -- Scions to the fore -- Amid an Indian war -- A frontier in havoc -- The "Osage outfit" -- VIPs at the Verdigris -- Probing the plains -- To the prairies unknown -- Debt unto death -- Steamboats "to the mountains" -- A mile wide and six inches deep -- Deadly cargoes : whiskey and cholera -- Charles Chouteau at the helm -- Passions of war -- Requiems in retrospect -- Addendum : the Chouteau women -- Appendix A : Chouteau families and Osage offspring -- Appendix B : Chouteau-related trading posts -- Appendix C : Chouteau-involved Indian treaties.…”
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Plagues & poxes the impact of human history on epidemic disease / by Bollet, Alfred J.

Table of Contents: “…Bubonic plague: the prototype of pandemic disasters -- The "little flies" that brought death, part 1: malaria or the burning ague -- The "little flies" that brought death, part 2: yellow fever -- Syphilis: the great pox -- The smallpox -- Cholera and the worldwide plagues of the nineteenth century -- The great influenza pandemic of 1918-1919: President Woodrow Wilson and the Blitzkatarrh…”
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The path of mercy the life of Catherine McAuley / by Sullivan, Mary C.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- James McGauley's daughter 1778-1809 -- With the Callaghans at Coolock 1809-1822 -- The bequest and its use 1823-1826 -- New sorrows and responsibilities 1827-1829 -- The house of mercy 1829-1830 -- George's Hill at fifty-two 1830-1831 -- The beginnings and cholera 1832 -- Her "first-born" 1833 -- Daily life at Baggot Street 1834 -- Beliefs and motivations -- Short steps and great strides 1835 -- The traveling begins 1836 -- Suscipe 1837 -- Resilience 1838 -- Willie McAuley and his aunt December 1838 -- Loss and friendship -- Joys and sorrows mingled 1839 -- The rule goes to Rome early 1840 -- "100 miles to meet this cross" 1840 -- "The business of our lives" early 1841 -- "Providential guidance" May-August 1841 -- "'Tis come to a close" September-November 1841 -- Epilogue -- Appendix : a note on sources.…”
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International organizations : politics, law, practice / by Hurd, Ian

Healthcare without borders : understanding Cuban medical internationalism / by Kirk, John M., 1951-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: setting the scene -- Origins and evolution: from "beggar's helper" to a "white-jacketed army" -- Elam, a school for all nations -- Dealing with the "handicapped" of ALBA: setting the balance right -- Operación milagro: bringing vision to millions -- Cuba's international disaster responses: from 1960s Chile to the 2005 Henry Reeve Brigade -- South-South cooperation in biotechnology: medicine for the masses -- The Cuba-Venezuela medical partnership: the Castro-Chávez dream lives on -- Cuba's role in Haiti: hurricanes, an earthquake, and cholera -- Cuba's medical internationalism in the South Pacific -- The children of Chernobyl: 25,000 treated -- Cuba's medical internationalism in El Salvador since Hurricane Ida -- Conclusion: no longer the world's best-kept secret.…”
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The biology of vibrios

Table of Contents: “…Stabb -- The mutual partnership between vibrio halioticoli and abalones / Tomoo Sawabe -- Vibrios in coral health and disease / Eugene Rosenberg and Omry Koren -- Vibrio cholerae populations and their role in South America / Ana Carolina P. …”
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The second messenger cyclic Di-GMP

Table of Contents: “…O'Toole -- Role of cyclic Di-GMP in Vibrio cholerae virulence / Jason T. Pratt, Rita Tamayo, and Andrew Camilli -- Cyclic Di-GMP signaling and host immunity / David K.R. …”
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How Human Rights Can Build Haiti : Activists, Lawyers, and the Grassroots Campaign / by Quigley, Fran, 1962-

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Epidemics and the Health of African Nations /

Table of Contents: “…Contending with epidemics and health systems in Africa. Cholera in Africa in the 21st century : questions of justice and human rights / Sunanda Ray, Farai D. …”
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