The 20th century witnessed some notable public health triumphs in America: improvements in the water supply, further control of several infectious diseases through vaccines and antimicrobial drugs, and increases in life expectancy with enormous improvements in survival rates of mothers and their infants. What made these improvements possible? For anyone who has ever wondered, this book is an ex...

Nipah and Hendra viruses are two zoonotic paramyxoviruses with an ability to cause fatal encephalitic and respiratory diseases in humans. Hendra virus was first identified in humans in Australia in 1994, with horses as the intermediate host. Nipah virus emerged in humans in 1998 in Malaysia, with pigs as the intermediate host. Nipah virus was later also identified in India and Bangladesh in 200...