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Deadliest Enemy: Our War against Killer Germs
  • Published Date:
    Jan 2018
  • Source:
    Emerg Infect Dis. 24(1):185.
  • Language:
    English
Filetype[PDF-457.83 KB]


Details:
  • Alternative Title:
    Emerg Infect Dis
  • Personal Author:
    Adalja, Amesh A.
  • Description:
    In Michael T. Osterholm and Mark Olshaker’s book Deadliest Enemy: Our War against Killer Germs (Figure), the explicit purpose is to provide “a new paradigm for the threats posed by infectious disease outbreaks in the twenty-first century.” This fast-paced and attention-grabbing book is focused on “those maladies with the potential to disrupt the social, political, economic, emotional, or existential well-being of large regions, or even the entire planet.”

  • Subject:
  • Pubmed Central ID:
    PMC5749459
  • Document Type:
    Journal Article
  • Collection(s):
    Emerging Infectious Diseases
  • Main Document Checksum:
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