SIX MODERN PLAGUES: AND HOW WE ARE CAUSING THEM
Book ID/图书代码： 06745505B05108
English Summary/英文概要： "In a clear, engaging style, Dr. Walters tells the tale of each disease like a detective story. He allows each mystery to unfold as it did in reality, often slowly, through the lives of the plants and animals involved, the first human victims, the government officials who tried to respond, and the scientists who ultimately explained what was happening." -NEW YORK TIMES
"...a fascinating work of ecological journalism, utterly convincing in its argument: that our health and the health of the environment are intimately linked, and we overlook that link at our peril." -MICHAEL POLLAN, AUTHOR OF SECOND NATURE AND THE BOTANY OF DESIRE
"Mark Jerome Walters weaves a fine thread of human disturbances through the quilt work of modern pandemics. After being drawn engagingly into the explosive symptoms of global environmental change, readers will come to understand that we have no choice but to make peace with nature." -PAUL R. EPSTEIN, M.D., M.P.H., CENTER FOR HEALTH AND THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT, HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL
West Nile Virus -- Mad Cow Disease -- HIV/AIDS -- Hantavirus -- Lyme Disease ... and a new strain of Salmonella. Such modern epidemics have emerged over the past few decades as mysterious, yet significant risks to human health. These "plagues" are forcing us to modify our lifestyles in ways that minimize our chances of becoming a statistic in the latest tally of the afflicted.
In Six Modern Plagues, Mark Jerome Walters offers us the first book for the general reader that connects these emerging health risks and their ecological origins. Drawing on new research, interviews, and his own investigations, Mark Jerome Walters weaves together a compelling argument: that changes humans have made to the environment, from warming the climate to clearing the forests, have contributed to, if not caused a rising tide of diseases that are afflicting humans and many other species.
According to Mark Jerome Walters, humans are not always innocent bystanders to infectious disease. To the contrary, in the case of many modern epidemics, we are the instigators. Six Modern Plagues, a ground-breaking introduction to the connection between disease and environmental degradation should be read by all those interested in their health and the health of others.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 疯牛病、艾滋病、莱姆关节炎、西尼罗河热病毒、汉塔病毒症侯群、沙门氏菌，这些近代出现的可怕疾病正威胁着人类的健康，也难倒了无数医学专家们。Mark Jerome Walters透过分析这些疾病突出了新生代流行病与人类改造自然环境之间千丝万缕的关联。而这本更新版的《当代瘟疫》中还特别探讨了SARS和禽流感，可以说《当代瘟疫》不仅仅阐述了这些号称“生态传染病”背后的动人的人文故事，更重要的是，它向我们发出了讯息，该是采取行动缓解这些疾病的扩散。
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About the Author/作者介绍： Mark Jerome Walters is an associate professor in the Department of Journalism and Media Studies at the University of South Florida, St. Petersburg. He was recently a visiting lecturer at Harvard Medical School and an associate at Harvardís Center for Health and the Global Environment. His education includes degrees in veterinary medicine and journalism.
Walters was a staff writer for Reader’s Digest and his work has appeared in Audubon, Orion, and other general interest publications. He is the author of A Shadow and a Song (Chelsea Green, 1992) and The Dance of Life (Arbor House, 1998). Walters’s home is Madison, New Jersey.
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