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This digital document is an article from Emerging Infectious Diseases, published by U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases on February 1, 2005. The length of the article is 5731 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Wild animal mortality monitoring and human Ebola outbreaks, Gabon and Republic of Congo, 2001-2003.
Author: Pierre Rouquet
Publication: Emerging Infectious Diseases (Refereed)
Date: February 1, 2005
Publisher: U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases
Volume: 11Issue: 2Page: 283(8)

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This up-to-date electronic book on CD-ROM provides the best collection available anywhere of official Federal government information and documents on the subject of viral hemorrhagic fevers, Ebola, and related infections. This CD-ROM uses next-generation search technology that allows complete indexing and makes all files on the disc fully searchable. For patients, practical information is provided in clearly written patient education documents. For medical professionals, doctor reference tools and texts have detailed technical information and clinical background material.

This thoroughly researched collection presents vital information from many authoritative sources: National Institutes of Health (NIH), Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the Department of Defense Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System (GEIS). Contents include clinical and medical information, with information on signs, symptoms, testing, diagnosis, treatment, research, and more.

This CD-ROM has over 32,000 pages reproduced using Adobe Acrobat PDF software and Reader software is included. Advanced search and indexing features are built into our reproduction, providing a complete full-text index. This enables the user to search all the files on the disk at one time for words or phrases using just one search command! The Acrobat cataloging technology adds enormous value and uncommon functionality to this impressive collection of government documents and material. There is no other reference that is as fast, convenient, comprehensive, and portable!

Our CD-ROMs are privately-compiled collections of official public domain U.S. government files and documents - they are not produced by the federal government. They are designed to provide a convenient user-friendly reference work, utilizing the benefits of the Acrobat format to uniformly present thousands of pages that can be rapidly reviewed or printed without untold hours of tedious searching and downloading. This book-on-a-disc makes a superb reference work and educational tool for patients and their families, physicians, and other medical professionals. (Information on this CD-ROM is NOT a substitute for professional medical advice; of course, readers are urged to consult with a professional health care provider for any suspected illness.) ... Read more

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The Gale Encyclopedia of Science is written at a level somewhere between the introductory sources and the highly technical texts currently available. This six-volume set covers all major areas of science and engineering, as well as mathematics and the medical and health sciences, while providing a comprehensive overview of current scientific knowledge and technology. Alphabetically arranged entries provide a user-friendly format that makes the broad scope of information easy to access and decipher. Entries typically describe scientific concepts, provide overviews of scientific areas and, in some cases, define terms.

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This digital document is an article from Siempre!, published by Edicional Siempre on December 14, 2000. The length of the article is 984 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Terror en Uganda.(característica del virus del ébola y epidemia en Uganda)(TT: Terror in Uganda.)(TA: characteristics of ebola virus and outbreak in Uganda)(Artículo Breve)
Author: Gabriel Jiménez
Publication: Siempre! (Refereed)
Date: December 14, 2000
Publisher: Edicional Siempre
Volume: 47Issue: 2478Page: 40

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This digital document is an article from Winnipeg Free Press, published by Thomson Gale on January 22, 2007. The length of the article is 645 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Ebola vaccine shown to work after infection; Fight against disease is like a race, city scientist says.(Life)
Author: Gale Reference Team
Publication: Winnipeg Free Press (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 22, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Page: a1

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This digital document is an article from Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, published by U.S. Government Printing Office on December 8, 1989. The length of the article is 785 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Ebola virus infection in imported primates - Virginia, 1989.
Publication: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (Newsletter)
Date: December 8, 1989
Publisher: U.S. Government Printing Office
Volume: v38Issue: n48Page: p831(4)

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This sourcebook has been created for patients who have decided to make education and Internet-based research an integral part of the treatment process. Although it gives information useful to doctors, caregivers and other health professionals, it also tells patients where and how to look for information covering virtually all topics related to ebola hemorrhagic fever, from the essentials to the most advanced areas of research. The title of this book includes the word official. This reflects the fact that the sourcebook draws from public, academic, government, and peer-reviewed research. Selected readings from various agencies are reproduced to give you some of the latest official information available to date on ebola hemorrhagic fever. Following an introductory chapter, the sourcebook is organized into three parts. PART I: THE ESSENTIALS; Chapter 1. The Essentials on Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever: Guidelines; Chapter 2. Seeking Guidance; PART II: ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AND ADVANCED MATERIAL; Chapter 3. Studies on Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever; Chapter 4. Books on Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever; Chapter 5. Multimedia on Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever; Chapter 6. Physician Guidelines and Databases; PART III. APPENDICES; Appendix A. Researching Alternative Medicine; Appendix B. Finding Medical Libraries; Appendix C. Your Rights and Insurance; ONLINE GLOSSARIES; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER GLOSSARY; INDEX. Related topics include: Ebola virus infection.Download Description
This sourcebook has been created for patients who have decided to make education and Internet-based research an integral part of the treatment process. Although it gives information useful to doctors, caregivers and other health professionals, it also tells patients where and how to look for information covering virtually all topics related to ebola hemorrhagic fever, from the essentials to the most advanced areas of research. The title of this book includes the word official. This reflects the fact that the sourcebook draws from public, academic, government, and peer-reviewed research. Selected readings from various agencies are reproduced to give you some of the latest official information available to date on ebola hemorrhagic fever. Following an introductory chapter, the sourcebook is organized into three parts. PART I: THE ESSENTIALS; Chapter 1. The Essentials on Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever: Guidelines; Chapter 2. Seeking Guidance; PART II: ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AND ADVANCED MATERIAL; Chapter 3. Studies on Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever; Chapter 4. Books on Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever; Chapter 5. Multimedia on Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever; Chapter 6. Physician Guidelines and Databases; PART III. APPENDICES; Appendix A. Researching Alternative Medicine; Appendix B. Finding Medical Libraries; Appendix C. Your Rights and Insurance; ONLINE GLOSSARIES; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER GLOSSARY; INDEX. Related topics include: Ebola virus infection. ... Read more

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I read the books, Ebola and The Hot Zone and I thought they were outstanding.I saw the movie Outbreak and ever since then, I have been fascinated with the Ebola virus.The two above books are the only ones I was able to locate, but I saw the TV movie based on Robin Cook's Outbreak, along with reading the book.I just wanted to comment that I am soo caught up in this virus, I recommend any Ebola-related movies, books, etc. to anyone!!I think it is perfect because it is a thriller that is real and really exists.It really makes you stop and wonder ... Read more

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This book examines the frightening Ebola virus beginning with how viruses work, how Ebola invades the human body, documented cases of Ebola throughout the world and finally looks at methods of containment, prevention and education toward the goal of eliminating the disease caused by the Ebola virus. ... Read more

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This incredible CD-ROM provides a comprehensive collection of the electronic versions of EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES (EID), a peer-reviewed monthly journal tracking and analyzing disease trends, published by the National Center for Infectious Diseases of the Centers for Disease Control.This collection covers January 1995 to July 2002. Some of the topics covered include:

Smallpox Research: U.S. Interagency Collaboration; Anthrax of the Gastrointestinal Tract; Usutu Virus; Hantavirus; Tuberculosis; Bear Canyon Virus; Rickettsial Pox; Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever; West Nile Virus; Lyme Disease; Sin Nombre Virus; Cyclospora; Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy; Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease; Escherichia coli; Influenza; Developing New Smallpox Vaccines; Smallpox: Clinical and Epidemiologic Features; Preparing for Pandemic Influenza: The Need for Enhanced Surveillance; The Economic Impact of Pandemic Influenza in the United States; Clinical Epidemiology of Malaria in the Highlands of Western Kenya; Saint Louis Encephalitis; Streptococcus Pneumoniae; Parachlamydiaceae: Potential Emerging Pathogens; Staphylococcus aureus; Rhabdoviruses; Cryptosporidiosis; Trypanosomiasis; Enterococci; Simian Immunodeficiency Viruses; Urban Canine Rabies; Neisseria meningitidis; Hemorrhagic Fever; Encephalitis; Hepatitis; Salmonella; Ebola; Bat Rabies; Corynebacterium diphtheriae; AIDS; HIV; Canine parvovirus; Andes virus; Bermejo virus; Campylobacteriosis; Listeria monocytogenes; Bubonic plague; Eosinophilic Meningitis; Adenovirus Type 7; Eastern Equine Encephalomyelitis Virus; Enteroviruses; Rift Valley Fever; Distemper; Animal Rabies; Diarrheal Pathogens; Bloodstream Infections; Legionnaires' Disease; Tularemia; Bordetella pertussis; Nosocomial Infections; Cryptosporidium felis; Herpesvirus 6; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Hepatitis E Virus; Listeriosis; Leptospirosis.

Other subjects include: Database Searches as a Tool for Early Detection of Epidemics; Temporal Changes in Prevalence of Antimicrobial Resistance in 23 U.S. Hospitals; Medical Care Capacity for Influenza Outbreaks, Los Angeles; Megadrought and Megadeath in 16th Century Mexico; Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems in Epidemiology; Introduction of West Nile virus in the Middle East by Migrating White Storks; Lyme Disease Transmission by Ticks; Physician-Based Surveillance of Foodborne Illness; Could Malaria Reappear in Italy?; Bioterrorism as a Public Health Threat; Passive Antibody Administration (Immediate Immunity) as a Specific Defense against Biological Weapons; Bioterrorism-Related Inhalational Anthrax: The First 10 Cases Reported in the United States; Modeling Potential Responses to Smallpox as a Bioterrorist Weapon; Investigating Disease Outbreaks under a Protocol to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention; Lessons Learned from a Full-Scale Bioterrorism Exercise; The Prospect of Domestic Bioterrorism; Potential Biological Weapons Threats; Vaccines, Pharmaceutical Products, and Bioterrorism: Challenges for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration; Use of Automated Ambulatory-Care Encounter Records for Detection of Acute Illness Clusters, Including Potential Bioterrorism Events; Smallpox: An Attack Scenario; Aftermath of a Hypothetical Smallpox Disaster; Clinical and Epidemiologic Principles of Anthrax; Addressing Bioterrorist Threats: Where Do We Go from Here?; About the First National Symposium on Medical and Public Health Response to Bioterrorism; The Emerging Threat of Bioterrorism; View from the Hill: Congressional Efforts to Address Bioterrorism; Finding the Right Balance against Bioterrorism; Historical Trends Related to Bioterrorism: An Empirical Analysis; The Threat of Biological Attack: Why Concern Now?; Nuclear Blindness: An Overview of the Biological Weapons Programs of the Former Soviet Union and Iraq; Aum Shinrikyo: Once and Future Threat?; The Prospect of Domestic Bioterrorism; Potential Biological Weapons Threats; Epidemiology of Bioterrorism; Vaccines in Civilian Defense Against Bioterrorism; Anthrax: A Possible Case History; Applying Lessons Learned from Anthrax Case History To Other Scenarios; Air Evacuation under High-Level Biosafety Containment: The Aeromedical Isolation Team; Public Health Assessment of Potential Biological Terrorism Agents; Developing New Smallpox Vaccines; Modeling Potential Responses to Smallpox as a Bioterrorist Weapon, and much more.

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Our CD-ROMs are privately-compiled collections of official public domain U.S. government files and documents - they are not produced by the federal government.. They are designed to provide a convenient user-friendly reference work utilizing the benefits of the Adobe Acrobat format to uniformly present thousands of pages that can be rapidly reviewed, searched by finding specific words, or printed without untold hours of tedious research and downloading. Vast archives of important public domain government information that might otherwise remain inaccessible are available for instant review no matter where you are. This book-on-a-disc makes a great reference work and educational tool. There is no other reference that is as fast, convenient, comprehensive, thoroughly researched, and portable - everything you need to know, from the federal sources you trust. ... Read more

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"Videotaped before a television studio audience, Dr Len Horowitz, one of healthcare's most captivating motivational speakers, presents his three-year investigation into the origins of the world's most feared and deadly viruses- HIV and Ebola. He concludes these viruses were "undoubtedly" man-made." ... Read more