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Flu Hunter : Unlocking the Secrets of a Virus by Robert G. Webster (2018, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherOtago University Press

ISBN-101988531314

ISBN-139781988531311

eBay Product ID (ePID)16038399604

Product Key Features

Number of Pages220 Pages

Publication NameFlu Hunter : Unlocking the Secrets of a Virus

LanguageEnglish

SubjectInfectious Diseases, Epidemiology

Publication Year2018

TypeTextbook

AuthorRobert G. Webster

Subject AreaMedical

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight14.4 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2020-303394

Dewey Edition23

ReviewsFeature interview/review with author Robert G Webster by New Zealand's highest circulation daily newspaper, based in Auckland. Interview, New Zealand Herald https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm'c_id=1&objectid=12124446, Substantial interview with author Robert G. Webster by New Zealand's leading radio host Kim Hill (36 min. 50 secs.) Available online: https://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/saturday/audio/2018662665/professor-robert-webster-author-of-flu-hunter "Balclutha-born Professor Robert Webster is a world-renowned virologist and international expert in influenza who was among the first scientists to acknowledge a link between human and avian flu. His team isolated and identified the avian-adapted strain of H5N1, the causative agent of H5N1 flu commonly known as avian influenza or 'bird flu.' For the past few decades he has worked in infectious diseases at St Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. He has published over 600 original articles and reviews on influenza viruses, and in his eighties still travels the world addressing conferences and scientific gatherings. Professor Webster's latest book is Flu Hunter: Unlocking the Secrets of a Virus , which examines the deadly 1918 Spanish flu virus."

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal614.518

SynopsisWhen a new influenza virus emerges that is able to be transmitted between humans, it spreads globally as a pandemic, often with high mortality. Enormous social disruption and substantial economic cost can result. The 1918 Spanish influenza pandemic was undoubtedly the most devastating influenza pandemic to date, and it has been Webster's life's work to figure out how and why. In so doing he has made a remarkable contribution to our understanding of the evolution of influenza viruses and how to control them. A century on, Flu Hunter is a gripping account of the tenacious scientific detective work involved in revealing the secrets of this killer virus. Could a global influenza pandemic occur again? Webster's warns: "... it is not only possible, it is just a matter of when.", When a new influenza virus emerges that is able to be transmitted between humans, it spreads globally as a pandemic, often with high mortality. Enormous social disruption and substantial economic cost can result. The 1918 Spanish influenza pandemic was undoubtedly the most devastating influenza pandemic to date, and it has been Dr Robert Webster's life's work to figure out how and why. In so doing he has made a remarkable contribution to our understanding of the evolution of influenza viruses and how to control them. A century on, Flu Hunter is a gripping account of the tenacious scientific detective work involved in revealing the secrets of this killer virus. Dubbed 'Flu Hunter' by Smithsonian Magazine in 2006, Dr Webster began his research in the early 1960s with the insight that the natural ecology of most influenza viruses is among wild aquatic birds. Painstaking tracking and testing of thousands of birds eventually led him and the other scientists involved to establish a link between these bird virus 'reservoirs' and human influenza pandemics. Some of this fascinating scientific work involved exhuming bodies of Spanish flu victims from the Arctic permafrost in a search for tissue samples containing genetic material from the virus. Could a global influenza pandemic occur again? Webster's warning is clear: '... it is not only possible, it is just a matter of when.' Flu Hunter chronicles the career of an outstanding global scientific leader. It is a book that will appeal equally to students and scientists familiar with the field, and lay readers. I heartily commend it to all. - Lance C. Jennings, chair, International Society for Influenza and other Respiratory Diseases, When a new influenza virus emerges that is able to be transmitted between humans, it spreads globally as a pandemic, often with high mortality. Enormous social disruption and substantial economic cost can result. The 1918 Spanish influenza pandemic was undoubtedly the most devastating influenza pandemic to date, and it has been Webster's life's work to figure out how and why. In so doing he has made a remarkable contribution to our understanding of the evolution of influenza viruses and how to control them. A century on, Flu Hunter is a gripping account of the tenacious scientific detective work involved in revealing the secrets of this killer virus. Could a global influenza pandemic occur again? Webster's warns: ..". it is not only possible, it is just a matter of when."

LC Classification NumberRC150