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100 1  Webster, Robert G.,|d1932-|eauthor. 
245 10 Flu hunter :|bunlocking the secrets of a virus /|cRobert 
       G. Webster. 
264  1 Dunedin, New Zealand :|bOtago University Press,|c2018. 
300    1 online resource (222 pages) :|billustrations (some 
       colour), color maps 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    computer|bc|2rdamedia 
338    online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0  Foreword / by Lance Jennings -- Emergence of the monster: 
       Spanish influenza, 1918 -- The start of influenza research
       -- From seabirds in Australlia to Tamiflu -- The search 
       moves to wild ducks in Canada -- Delaware Bay: the right 
       place at the right time -- Proving interspecies 
       transmission -- Virologists visit China -- Hong Kong 
       hotbed: live bird markets and pig processing -- Searching 
       the world, 1975-95 -- The smoking gun -- Bird flu: the 
       rise and spread of H5N1 -- The first pandemic of the 21st 
       century -- SARS, and a second bird flu outbreak -- Digging
       for answers on the 1918 Spanish influenza -- Resurrecting 
       the 1918 Spanish influenza -- Opening Pandora's Box -- 
       Looking to the future: are we better prepared. 
520    "When a new influenza virus emerges that is able to be 
       transmitted between humans, it spreads globally as a 
       pandemic, often with high mortality. Enormous social 
       disruption and substantial economic cost can result. The 
       1918 Spanish influenza pandemic was undoubtedly the most 
       devastating influenza pandemic to date, and it has been Dr
       Robert Webster's life's work to figure out how and why. In
       so doing he has made a remarkable contribution to our 
       understanding of the evolution of influenza viruses and 
       how to control them. A century on, Flu Hunter is a 
       gripping account of the tenacious scientific detective 
       work involved in revealing the secrets of this killer 
       virus. Dubbed `Flu Hunter' by Smithsonian Magazine in 2006,
       Dr Webster began his research in the early 1960s with the 
       insight that the natural ecology of most influenza viruses
       is among wild aquatic birds. Painstaking tracking and 
       testing of thousands of birds eventually led him and the 
       other scientists involved to establish a link between 
       these bird virus `reservoirs' and human influenza 
       pandemics. Some of this fascinating scientific work 
       involved exhuming bodies of Spanish flu victims from the 
       Arctic permafrost in a search for tissue samples 
       containing genetic material from the virus. Could a global
       influenza pandemic occur again? Webster's warning is clear
       : ` ... it is not only possible, it is just a matter of 
       when.' --Publisher. 
588 0  Print version record. 
648  7 1900-1999|2fast 
650  0 Influenza|xHistory|y20th century. 
650  0 Epidemics|xHistory|y20th century. 
650  0 Avian influenza. 
650  0 Disasters. 
650  0 Influenza|xEpidemiology. 
650  2 Influenza, Human|xhistory. 
650  7 Avian influenza.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00824344 
650  7 Disasters.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00894782 
650  7 Epidemics.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00914079 
650  7 Influenza.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00972493 
650  7 Influenza|xEpidemiology.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00972497 
655  0 Electronic books. 
655  7 History.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01411628 
700 1  Jennings, Lance,|ewriter of foreword. 
776 08 |iPrint version:|aWebster, Robert G., 1932-|tFlu hunter.
       |dDunedin, New Zealand : Otago University Press, 2018
       |z1988531314|w(OCoLC)1040233317 
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