Pandemic Planet - Anna Claybourne

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Résumé :
An important look at viruses and pandemics, what they are, how they spread and how we deal with them

Biographie:
Anna Claybourne has written over 150 children's books on all kinds of subjects, from sharks, black holes and splitting the atom to how to draw, Shakespeare's life, and Greek myths and legends. She knows a lot about conservation in the rain forests of Costa Rica as she once volunteered there for three months. She likes space, sewing and music, plays the trombone and loves going camping.

Sommaire:

• 1: Worldwide crisis
• 2: What does 'pandemic' mean?
• 3: Germs and diseases
• 4: Pandemics of the past
• 5: CASE STUDY: The Black Death
• 6: Immunity
• 7: The early stages
• 8: Out of control
• 9: CASE STUDY: The 1918-19 flu pandemic
• 10: Lockdown!
• 11: Pandemic problems
• 12: CASE STUDY: Covid-19
• 13: Finding a solution
• 14: Back to normal
• 15: Preventing and preparing
• 16: What can you do?
• 17: Antibiotics alert!
• 18: CASE STUDY: Antibiotic-resistant TB
• 19: Pandemic planet?
• 20: The positives
• 21: Glossary
• 22: Further reading
• 23: Index