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Traces the history of struggles to find the source and cure for smallpox, yellow fever, measles, and poliomyelitis, drawing from personal reports and letters of participants who saw the events firsthand; and discusses some of the viral diseases that remain out of control, including AIDS and Ebola.

Never before has an entire trilogy been released in less than a year. This second installment finds Thomas Hunter facing the devastating realization that he has helped unleash death in two parallel worlds. He must now discover how to defeat this evil--while trying to save his true love.

Virus expert Anna Grey is disturbed when a dying patient is wheeled past her lab vomiting fountains of blood and screaming like a banshee. To make matters worse, when she examines the mans corpse, she could swear she hears him whisper: 'Get it out of me. John Patrick Bridges is dead. Hes definitely dead. But if hes dead - how is he talking?Anna wonders if shes going mad. But then a second man haemorrhages and dies; yet Anna hears him whisper, 'Please...

A mysterious virus has infiltrated the good people of Lake Wobegon, transmitted via unpasteurized cheese made by a Norwegian bachelor farmer, the effect of which is episodic loss of social inhibition. Mayor Alice, Father Wilmer, Pastor Liz, the Bunsens and Krebsbachs, formerly taciturn elders, burst into political rants, inappropriate confessions, and rhapsodic proclamations, while their teenagers watch in amazement. Meanwhile, a wealthy outsider...

With Everland and Umberland both destroyed, the survivors have taken refuge in a small village tucked within the shadows of the Bloodred Queen's castle. Doc has found an actual cure for the Horologia virus, while Gwen, Pete, and Alyssa begin plotting the assassination of the queen with the help of Gail, an excellent huntress. But killing the queen won't be enough. The world has been destroyed and its needs a ruler to set things right again. A ruler...

Beyond the Titan wall lies the Feral Zone, and the only people who break quarantine and venture there are the "fetches", who are paid exorbitant sums to bring back items that were left behind when the wall went up--but Delaney McEvoy's father is there and she is being forced to find him and bring him back.

An airliner whose passengers have been infected with a deadly virus is ordered to land in the Sahara to be quarantined. As everyone on board will die anyway, the CIA decides to exploit the situation by shooting it down and blaming Arabs. In the air battle that follows Capt. James Holland, the pilot of the Boeing 747, shows what he is made of.

"Doc Dee and Invisible Six go to the Amazon rain forest to find the source of a deadly virus. But bandits and wild animals are the least of I-6's worries when the true enemy is invisible and can't be beat by typical combat." -- Adapted from back cover.

This title presents the history of epidemiology. Vivid text details how early studies of the spread of disease led to vaccines and medications that can halt pandemics. It also puts a spotlight on the brilliant scientists who made these advances possible. A case study on the current Ebola outbreak is also included. Useful sidebars, rich images, and a glossary help readers understand the science and its importance. Maps and diagrams provide context...

LucentB is a retrovirus that's inevitable, unstoppable, and utterly catastrophic for humanity. The US government believes the only person who can find the cure is the geneticist who tried to warn them about it and then disappeared: James Hakari. They assign the task of finding him to his former student Anna Asher, who in turn recruits paleographer and religious studies scholar Dr. Martin Nadai. The brilliant but insane geneticist is leaving clues...