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Our Biggest Smallest Threat: Weblinks

 
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We're familiar with the big risks - but is our existence under attack from invisible forces? Meet our biggest smallest threat.

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WEBSITES
... to find out more about emergent viruses:
Emerging and Re-Emerging Viruses: An Essay
Educate Yourself: About Emergent Killer Viruses

... you’ve read about them, now have a look at them:
The Big Picture Book of Viruses

... for news and information on influenza protection and control:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Influenza Prevention and Control

World Health Organization: Health Topics

BOOKS
... pulling no punches about the lethal possibilities presented by viruses today:

Virus X
- Frank Ryan
Published by HarperCollins

... the book which became the film. Fictional, but directly related to this subject ...
The Hot Zone
- Richard Preston
Published by Corgi Paperback

... to find out more about the what we can do to deal with viruses ... and the problems involved:
A Dancing Matrix : How Science Confronts Emerging Viruses
- Robin Henig
Published by Vintage Books

COURSES
Studying science with the OU

 

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