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Titre :
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Death in a small package : a short history of anthrax
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Auteurs :
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Susan D. Jones
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Type de document :
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Ouvrage
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Editeur :
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Baltimore [USA] : Johns Hopkins University press, cop. 2010
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Collection :
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Johns Hopkins biographies of disease
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ISBN :
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978-8018-080189696-5
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Description :
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1 vol. (XVIII-329 p.) / ill. / 23 cm
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Langues:
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Anglais
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Classement :
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FR40/ (MALADIES INFECTIEUSES)
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Mots-clés :
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Anthrax
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Infection
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Histoire
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Résumé :
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A disease of soil, animals, and people, anthrax has threatened lives for at least two thousand years. Farmers have long recognized its lasting virulence, but in our time, anthrax has been associated with terrorism and warfare. What accounts for this frightening transformation? Death in a Small Package recounts how this ubiquitous agricultural disease came to be one of the deadliest and most feared biological weapons in the world. --from publisher description
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Note de contenu :
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Infectivity and fear: charbon and the cursed fields ; Availability: understanding the germ of anthrax ; Transmission: anthrax enters the factory ; Casualty effectiveness: war and anthrax ; Resistance: anthrax, the modern laboratory, and the environment ; Detection and verification: the weapon and the disease ; Epilogue: stories about anthrax.
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