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Everything Is Tuberculosis

The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection

by John Green ...

Narrated by John Green ...

Unabridged

5 hours 35 min

**#1 New York Times bestseller • #1 Washington Post bestseller • #1 Indie Bestseller • USA Today BestsellerJohn Green, award-winning author and passionate advocate for global healthcare reform, tells a deeply human story illuminating the fight against the world’s deadliest infectious disease.**AN ACCLAIMED BEST BOOK OF 2025: NPR, Scientific American, Science News, Booklist, BookPage, Chicago Sun ... Read more

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**#1 New York Times bestseller • #1 Washington Post bestseller • #1 Indie Bestseller • USA Today BestsellerJohn Green, award-winning author and passionate advocate for global healthcare reform, tells a deeply human story illuminating the fight against the world’s deadliest infectious disease.**AN ACCLAIMED BEST BOOK OF 2025: NPR, Scientific American, Science News, Booklist, BookPage, Chicago Sun
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The Great Mortality

An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time

by John Kelly ...

Narrated by Matthew Lloyd Davies ...

Unabridged

12 hours 55 min

“Powerful, rich with details, moving, humane, and full of important lessons for an age when weapons of mass destruction are loose among us.” — Richard Rhodes, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Making of the Atomic BombThe Great Plague is one of the most compelling events in human history—even more so now, when the notion of plague has never loomed larger as a contemporary public concern.The ... Read more

$32.99 USD

“Powerful, rich with details, moving, humane, and full of important lessons for an age when weapons of mass destruction are loose among us.” — Richard Rhodes, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Making of the Atomic BombThe Great Plague is one of the most compelling events in human history—even more so now, when the notion of plague has never loomed larger as a contemporary public concern.The
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Suffering the Silence

Chronic Lyme Disease in an Age of Denial

by Allie Cashel ...

Narrated by Mandy Kaplan ...

Unabridged

5 hours 54 min

Allie Cashel has suffered from chronic Lyme disease for sixteen years—but much of the medical community refuses to recognize her symptoms as the result of infectious disease. In Suffering the Silence: Chronic Lyme Disease in an Age of Denial, Cashel paints a living portrait of what is often called post-treatment Lyme syndrome, featuring the stories of chronic Lyme patients from around the world ... Read more

$29.95 USD

Allie Cashel has suffered from chronic Lyme disease for sixteen years—but much of the medical community refuses to recognize her symptoms as the result of infectious disease. In Suffering the Silence: Chronic Lyme Disease in an Age of Denial, Cashel paints a living portrait of what is often called post-treatment Lyme syndrome, featuring the stories of chronic Lyme patients from around the world
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On Call

A Doctor's Journey in Public Service

by Anthony Fauci M.D. ...

Narrated by Anthony Fauci M.D. ...

Unabridged

19 hours 12 min

**#1 New York Times BestsellerThe memoir by the doctor who became a beacon of hope for millions through the COVID pandemic, and whose six-decade career in high-level public service put him in the room with seven presidents“An eventful autobiography [and] a classic American story…Gripping.”—The Washington Post“One of the most consequential and most prominent [careers] in American medicine in the ... Read more

$27.50 USD

**#1 New York Times BestsellerThe memoir by the doctor who became a beacon of hope for millions through the COVID pandemic, and whose six-decade career in high-level public service put him in the room with seven presidents“An eventful autobiography [and] a classic American story…Gripping.”—The Washington Post“One of the most consequential and most prominent [careers] in American medicine in the
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Leading Through A Pandemic

The Inside Story of Humanity, Innovation, and Lessons Learned During the COVID-19 Crisis

by Michael J. Dowling, Charles Kenney ...

Narrated by Danny Campbell ...

Unabridged

6 hours 26 min

What was it like at the epicenter, inside the health system that cared for more COVID-19 patients than any other in the United States? Leading Through a Pandemic: The Inside Story of Lessons Learned about Innovation, Leadership, and Humanity During the COVID-19Crisis takes readers inside Northwell Health, New York’s largest health system. From the C-suite to the front lines, the book reports on ... Read more

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What was it like at the epicenter, inside the health system that cared for more COVID-19 patients than any other in the United States? Leading Through a Pandemic: The Inside Story of Lessons Learned about Innovation, Leadership, and Humanity During the COVID-19Crisis takes readers inside Northwell Health, New York’s largest health system. From the C-suite to the front lines, the book reports on
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La guerre biologique : L’idée terrifiante de transformer la peste en arme

by Fernand Cartier ...

Narrated by Fernand Cartier ...

Unabridged

2 hours 11 min

Déchiffrez la réalité de la guerre bactériologique et maîtrisez les enjeux géopolitiques des pandémies militarisées. Idéal pour enrichir vos trajets quotidiens d'une réflexion profonde, ce récit historique transforme une angoisse sourde en une analyse scientifique lucide. L'humanité n'a jamais été aussi vulnérable face à cet ennemi invisible et silencieux.Loin de tout sensationnalisme, cette ... Read more

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Déchiffrez la réalité de la guerre bactériologique et maîtrisez les enjeux géopolitiques des pandémies militarisées. Idéal pour enrichir vos trajets quotidiens d'une réflexion profonde, ce récit historique transforme une angoisse sourde en une analyse scientifique lucide. L'humanité n'a jamais été aussi vulnérable face à cet ennemi invisible et silencieux.Loin de tout sensationnalisme, cette
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Tick Boom

A Biography of Lyme Disease, the Growing Epidemic Lurking in Plain Sight

by Amanda M. Fairbanks ...

Unabridged

11 hours

At once a breathtaking work of investigative journalism and a searing personal testimony, Tick Boom tells the comprehensive story of an illness that affects half a million Americans every year—but is still roiled by controversy: Lyme disease.Cancer can kill you. Everyone knows as much. Lyme disease, if untreated, can make you wish you were dead.One August morning, Amanda Fairbanks awoke to a red, ... Read more

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At once a breathtaking work of investigative journalism and a searing personal testimony, Tick Boom tells the comprehensive story of an illness that affects half a million Americans every year—but is still roiled by controversy: Lyme disease.Cancer can kill you. Everyone knows as much. Lyme disease, if untreated, can make you wish you were dead.One August morning, Amanda Fairbanks awoke to a red,
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Disease & History

From Ancient Times to Covid-19

by Frederick F. Cartwright, Michael Biddiss ...

Narrated by Peter Lerman ...

Unabridged

11 hours 55 min

Arising from collaboration between a doctor and a historian, Disease and History offers the general listener a wide-ranging and accessible account of the ways in which disease has left its dramatic mark on the past.It discusses the impact made by bubonic plague and other infections upon the ancient and medieval worlds; the likely role of syphilis in the careers of Henry VIII and Ivan the Terrible; ... Read more

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Arising from collaboration between a doctor and a historian, Disease and History offers the general listener a wide-ranging and accessible account of the ways in which disease has left its dramatic mark on the past.It discusses the impact made by bubonic plague and other infections upon the ancient and medieval worlds; the likely role of syphilis in the careers of Henry VIII and Ivan the Terrible;
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The Spanish Flu Epidemic and Its Influence on History

by Jaime Breitnauer ...

Narrated by Gabrielle Baker ...

Unabridged

6 hours 53 min

Where did Spanish flu come from, and what can the possible sites of origin tell us today? This book looks at how Spanish flu changed the focus of scientific thought from eugenics to the creation of public health, and how it unfolded across each continent.In Budapest, a lone woman dies quietly on a bench in the late afternoon sun, while in South Africa, a group of men plunge to their death in the ... Read more

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Where did Spanish flu come from, and what can the possible sites of origin tell us today? This book looks at how Spanish flu changed the focus of scientific thought from eugenics to the creation of public health, and how it unfolded across each continent.In Budapest, a lone woman dies quietly on a bench in the late afternoon sun, while in South Africa, a group of men plunge to their death in the
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Pandemic Aftermath

How Coronavirus Changes Global Society

by Trond Undheim ...

Narrated by Trond Undheim ...

Unabridged

11 hours 39 min

A tour the force of contemporary social science, written by a futurist at the forefront of technology and change.Pandemic Aftermath offers suggestions to remedy its consequences, or even enable segments of society to thrive on it. The first portion of the book is non-fiction. The second portion is a scenario-based novel, the book charts new territory by interweaving the grim reality of 2020 with a ... Read more

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A tour the force of contemporary social science, written by a futurist at the forefront of technology and change.Pandemic Aftermath offers suggestions to remedy its consequences, or even enable segments of society to thrive on it. The first portion of the book is non-fiction. The second portion is a scenario-based novel, the book charts new territory by interweaving the grim reality of 2020 with a
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COVID-19 THE PANDEMIC

ITS IMPACT ON HEALTH, ECONOMY, AND THE WORLD

by Abhishek Bhagat, M.D. ...

Narrated by Paul Metcalfe ...

Unabridged

2 hours 42 min

“I don’t really see us eradicating [SARS-COV-2).” – Anthony Fauci“Financially, 2020 will go down as the worst year in the history of aviation.” – Alexandre de Juniac, the International Air Transport Association’s Director General and CEOInspired by recent events, COVID-19 The Pandemic helps answer many questions about the outbreak that has affected our everyday lives. Drawing from his years of ... Read more

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“I don’t really see us eradicating [SARS-COV-2).” – Anthony Fauci“Financially, 2020 will go down as the worst year in the history of aviation.” – Alexandre de Juniac, the International Air Transport Association’s Director General and CEOInspired by recent events, COVID-19 The Pandemic helps answer many questions about the outbreak that has affected our everyday lives. Drawing from his years of
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Mosquito Warrior

Yellow Fever, Public Health, and the Forgotten Career of General William C. Gorgas

by Carol R. Byerly ...

Narrated by Holly Adams ...

Unabridged

14 hours 44 min

Mosquito Warrior tells the engrossing story of General William C. Gorgas (1854–1920), the once-renowned pioneer in tropical disease research and public health. His fascinating life illuminates vast transformations in the United States.Gorgas came of age amidst war and disease and the politics of racial segregation. He followed his father into military service as an army medical officer. Gorgas ... Read more

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Mosquito Warrior tells the engrossing story of General William C. Gorgas (1854–1920), the once-renowned pioneer in tropical disease research and public health. His fascinating life illuminates vast transformations in the United States.Gorgas came of age amidst war and disease and the politics of racial segregation. He followed his father into military service as an army medical officer. Gorgas
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Biologische Kriegsführung: Die erschreckende Idee, die Pest zur Waffe zu machen

by Georg Steffens ...

Narrated by Georg Steffens ...

Unabridged

2 hours 35 min

Ein unsichtbarer Erreger als ultimative Waffe: Erlebe die dunkle Seite der Medizingeschichte und militärischen Ethik. Dieses fesselnde Sachbuch bietet intensiven Hörstoff für den abendlichen Fokus oder lange Pendelstrecken. Es taucht tief in eine beklemmende Realität ein, in der Politik und Wissenschaft skrupellos die Büchse der Pandora öffnen.Wenn hochinfektiöse Bakterien bewusst zur Zerstörung ... Read more

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Ein unsichtbarer Erreger als ultimative Waffe: Erlebe die dunkle Seite der Medizingeschichte und militärischen Ethik. Dieses fesselnde Sachbuch bietet intensiven Hörstoff für den abendlichen Fokus oder lange Pendelstrecken. Es taucht tief in eine beklemmende Realität ein, in der Politik und Wissenschaft skrupellos die Büchse der Pandora öffnen.Wenn hochinfektiöse Bakterien bewusst zur Zerstörung
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A Nurse's Story

My Life in A&E During the Covid Crisis

by Louise Curtis ...

Narrated by Louise Curtis ...

Unabridged

6 hours 48 min

Moving, honest and inspiring – this is a nurse’s true story of life in a busy A&E department during the Covid-19 crisis.Working in A&E is a challenging job but nurse Louise Curtis loves it. She was newly qualified as an advanced clinical practitioner, responsible for life or death decisions about the patients she saw, when the unthinkable happened and the country was hit by the Covid-19 pandemic. ... Read more

$13.41 USD

Moving, honest and inspiring – this is a nurse’s true story of life in a busy A&E department during the Covid-19 crisis.Working in A&E is a challenging job but nurse Louise Curtis loves it. She was newly qualified as an advanced clinical practitioner, responsible for life or death decisions about the patients she saw, when the unthinkable happened and the country was hit by the Covid-19 pandemic.
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The Rules of Contagion

Why Things Spread--And Why They Stop

by Adam Kucharski ...

Narrated by Joe Jameson ...

Unabridged

8 hours 47 min

One of the Best Books of 2020 — Financial TimesOne of the "Most 2020 Books of 2020" — Washington PostOne of the Best Science Books of 2020 — The Times of LondonOne of the Best Science Books of 2020 — The GuardianFrom ideas and infections to financial crises and fake news, an "utterly timely" look at why the science of outbreaks is the science of modern lifeThese days, whenever anything... ... Read more

$24.99 USD

One of the Best Books of 2020 — Financial TimesOne of the "Most 2020 Books of 2020" — Washington PostOne of the Best Science Books of 2020 — The Times of LondonOne of the Best Science Books of 2020 — The GuardianFrom ideas and infections to financial crises and fake news, an "utterly timely" look at why the science of outbreaks is the science of modern lifeThese days, whenever anything...
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Twelve Diseases That Changed Our World

by Irwin W. Sherman ...

Narrated by Chris Sorensen ...

Unabridged

10 hours 43 min

This book covers the history of twelve important diseases and addresses public health responses and societal upheavals.● Chronicles the ways disease outbreaks shaped traditions and institutions of Western civilization.● Explains the effects, causes, and outcomes from past epidemics.● Describes a dozen diseases to show how disease control either was achieved or failed.● Makes clear the ... Read more

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This book covers the history of twelve important diseases and addresses public health responses and societal upheavals.● Chronicles the ways disease outbreaks shaped traditions and institutions of Western civilization.● Explains the effects, causes, and outcomes from past epidemics.● Describes a dozen diseases to show how disease control either was achieved or failed.● Makes clear the
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Deadly Companions

How Microbes Shaped Our History

by Dorothy H. Crawford ...

Narrated by Jennifer M. Dixon ...

Unabridged

7 hours 52 min

Ever since we started huddling together in communities, the story of human history has been inextricably entwined with the story of microbes. They have evolved and spread amongst us, shaping our culture through infection, disease, and pandemic. At the same time, our changing human culture has itself influenced the evolutionary path of microbes. Dorothy H. Crawford here shows that one cannot be ... Read more

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Ever since we started huddling together in communities, the story of human history has been inextricably entwined with the story of microbes. They have evolved and spread amongst us, shaping our culture through infection, disease, and pandemic. At the same time, our changing human culture has itself influenced the evolutionary path of microbes. Dorothy H. Crawford here shows that one cannot be
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PANDEMIC

The Great Influenza Since 1918 Tracking Contagions, From Cholera To Ebola Until The Viruses Of Our Days

by Nathan Banks ...

Narrated by Jhon Onemo ...

Unabridged

3 hours 30 min

Pandemic is an educational audiobook that explores the history of infectious diseases and their impact on societies around the world.From the devastating influenza pandemic of 1918 to modern outbreaks of emerging viruses, humanity has repeatedly faced global health challenges that have shaped history, science, and public health systems.This audiobook traces the evolution of major epidemics and ... Read more

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Pandemic is an educational audiobook that explores the history of infectious diseases and their impact on societies around the world.From the devastating influenza pandemic of 1918 to modern outbreaks of emerging viruses, humanity has repeatedly faced global health challenges that have shaped history, science, and public health systems.This audiobook traces the evolution of major epidemics and
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Unlocking Lyme

Myths, Truths, and Practical Solutions for Chronic Lyme Disease

by William Rawls, MD ...

Narrated by P.J. Ochlan ...

Unabridged

11 hours 53 min

Lyme disease is one of the most puzzling illnesses on the planet. Anyone who has suffered from its debilitating symptoms knows the frustrations of trying to find a cure.Many sufferers drag themselves from one doctor or alternative practitioner to the next, getting lost in a maze of lab tests, prescription drugs, and treatments. Thousands of dollars and months (or years) later, they realize they ... Read more

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Lyme disease is one of the most puzzling illnesses on the planet. Anyone who has suffered from its debilitating symptoms knows the frustrations of trying to find a cure.Many sufferers drag themselves from one doctor or alternative practitioner to the next, getting lost in a maze of lab tests, prescription drugs, and treatments. Thousands of dollars and months (or years) later, they realize they
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抗生物質：古くから命を奪ってきた感染症を打ち破った幸運な偶然

by 磯部圭介 ...

Narrated by 磯部圭介 ...

Unabridged

2 hours 16 min

人類を恐怖に陥れてきた不治の感染症と、偶然のひらめきから生まれたペニシリンが激突する、医学史上で最もドラマチックな逆転劇がここにある。知的好奇心を深く刺激するこの物語は、通勤の電車内や夜の静かなリラックスタイムに、目に見えない細菌の世界へあなたを誘う。人類の運命を永遠に変えた科学者たちの執念と、奇跡の薬が誕生するまでの壮絶な軌跡が、鮮やかな情景とともに蘇る。なぜ風邪に抗生物質が効かないのかといった日常的な健康への疑問から、戦争という極限状況が生み出した医療の飛躍まで、過去と現在が交差するスリリングな体験が待っている。かつて魔法の弾丸と呼ばれた薬が直面する薬剤耐性という現代の新たな脅威を通して、私たちがこれから命とどう向き合っていくべきか、深い気づきと学びを与えてくれるだろう。本書で見つかること:かつて避けがたい死の原因であった感染症と人類との過酷な闘いの歴史。偶然の観察から始まり ... Read more

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人類を恐怖に陥れてきた不治の感染症と、偶然のひらめきから生まれたペニシリンが激突する、医学史上で最もドラマチックな逆転劇がここにある。知的好奇心を深く刺激するこの物語は、通勤の電車内や夜の静かなリラックスタイムに、目に見えない細菌の世界へあなたを誘う。人類の運命を永遠に変えた科学者たちの執念と、奇跡の薬が誕生するまでの壮絶な軌跡が、鮮やかな情景とともに蘇る。なぜ風邪に抗生物質が効かないのかといった日常的な健康への疑問から、戦争という極限状況が生み出した医療の飛躍まで、過去と現在が交差するスリリングな体験が待っている。かつて魔法の弾丸と呼ばれた薬が直面する薬剤耐性という現代の新たな脅威を通して、私たちがこれから命とどう向き合っていくべきか、深い気づきと学びを与えてくれるだろう。本書で見つかること:かつて避けがたい死の原因であった感染症と人類との過酷な闘いの歴史。偶然の観察から始まり
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Plague

A Very Short Introduction

by Paul Slack ...

Narrated by Gareth Richards ...

Unabridged

32 min

Throughout history plague has been the cause of many major catastrophes. It was responsible for the "Plague of Justinian" in 542, the Black Death of 1348, and the Great Plague of London in 1665, as well as for devastating epidemics in China and India between the 1890s and 1920s. In the twenty-first century Coronavirus pandemics have served as a powerful reminder that we have not escaped the global ... Read more

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Throughout history plague has been the cause of many major catastrophes. It was responsible for the "Plague of Justinian" in 542, the Black Death of 1348, and the Great Plague of London in 1665, as well as for devastating epidemics in China and India between the 1890s and 1920s. In the twenty-first century Coronavirus pandemics have served as a powerful reminder that we have not escaped the global
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Epidemics

Hate and Compassion from the Plague of Athens to AIDS

by Samuel Kline Cohn, Jr. ...

Narrated by David Colacci ...

Unabridged

29 hours 39 min

By investigating thousands of descriptions of epidemics reaching back before the fifth-century-BCE Plague of Athens to the distrust and violence that erupted with Ebola in 2014, Epidemics challenges a dominant hypothesis in the study of epidemics, that invariably across time and space, epidemics provoked hatred, blaming of the "other," and victimizing bearers of epidemic diseases, particularly ... Read more

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By investigating thousands of descriptions of epidemics reaching back before the fifth-century-BCE Plague of Athens to the distrust and violence that erupted with Ebola in 2014, Epidemics challenges a dominant hypothesis in the study of epidemics, that invariably across time and space, epidemics provoked hatred, blaming of the "other," and victimizing bearers of epidemic diseases, particularly
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Infection Prevention Analyst – The Comprehensive Guide

by DEAN STRATTON ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Madison G ...

Unabridged

8 hours 48 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Step into the vital world of infection prevention and control with Infection Prevention Analyst – The Comprehensive Guide. Designed for healthcare professionals, epidemiologists, data analysts, and public health practitioners, this comprehensive resource unites scientific rigor with real-world application. From hospital surveillance and antimicrobial ... Read more

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Step into the vital world of infection prevention and control with Infection Prevention Analyst – The Comprehensive Guide. Designed for healthcare professionals, epidemiologists, data analysts, and public health practitioners, this comprehensive resource unites scientific rigor with real-world application. From hospital surveillance and antimicrobial
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West Nile Virus - Basics to Mastery

Clinical insights on mosquito-borne flaviviral disease epidemiology, diagnosis, prevention

by Dean Stratton ...

Narrated by AI Voice Madison ...

Abridged

6 hours 53 min

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. West Nile Virus - Basics to Mastery guides you from first encounter with a mosquito-borne flaviviral infection to confident, nuanced decision-making. Clear explanations unpack how West Nile circulates between birds and Culex mosquitoes, why humans and horses are usually dead-end hosts, and what drives the spectrum from silent infection to life-threatening ... Read more

$8.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. West Nile Virus - Basics to Mastery guides you from first encounter with a mosquito-borne flaviviral infection to confident, nuanced decision-making. Clear explanations unpack how West Nile circulates between birds and Culex mosquitoes, why humans and horses are usually dead-end hosts, and what drives the spectrum from silent infection to life-threatening
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