Outbreak : science seeks safeguards for global health

Outbreaks provides a fascinating introduction to the fight against infectious diseases, including scientists who discovered various viruses and bacteria. The text outlines how we have learned to fight nature's harmful strains and to use others to our advantage; it also provides the latest findings on bird flu and SARS, Ebola and AIDS, and highly resistant strains of tuberculosis. Outbreaks gives readers the experts' view on an area of science which is vital to the future health of mankind.National Geographic supports K-12 educators with ELA Common Core Resources.Visit www.natgeoed.org/commoncore for more information.

Profiling a killer : Raising the dead -- A global disaster -- Luck strikes -- A new killer -- Death from the sky -- More prepared -- Species jumping -- A future pandemic? -- Preparing for the worst -- Creating a plan -- Checklist for influenza pandemic preparedness -- Meet a microbiologist. The invisible world : "Totally fantastic creatures" -- Startling discovery -- Space invaders? -- Microbiology toolbox -- How viruses work. A modern plague : Attack on the immune system -- A continent under siege -- Vaccines -- The black death -- A new disease. Death from the rain forest : A deadly disease -- Searching for answers -- New drugs -- A medical triumph -- Sharing disease. A very real threat : Mousepox virus -- Bioweapons -- An age-old disease -- Black ICE. Bugs fly free : Panic at the airport -- The SARS scare -- Quarantine! -- Computers to the rescue.