The SARS Epidemic: Challenges To China's Crisis Management

The SARS Epidemic: Challenges To China's Crisis Management
by John Wong (Editor), Zheng Yongnian (Editor)

Product Details:
* Hardcover: 236 pages
* Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company (August 15, 2004)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 9812389482

Book Description
In the first half of 2003, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) struck China (including Hong Kong), causing panic and claiming many lives. The unknown nature of SARS at that time also jolted the economic growth of China and Hong Kong, disrupted the social life of their citizens and created much stress and strain for their political systems and governance. Like other major crises, the management of the SARS crisis provides a good opportunity to examine the strengths and weaknesses of the political systems in China and Hong Kong. From the outset, scholars at the East Asian Institute (EAI) followed closely the unfolding of the disease in China, particularly how each of the two societies coped with this random external shock. SARS may or may not recur in the near future, but the episode has offered a glimpse into the extent of resilience of the two societies, the quality of their political leadership, the effectiveness of their political and institutional mobilization, the crisis-management capability of their respective bureaucracies, and the viability of their governance systems. This volume is the result of an EAI workshop on "SARS in China: Crises and Responses".

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AIDS and Other Manifestations of HIV Infection

AIDS and Other Manifestations of HIV Infection, Fourth Edition
by Gary Wormser (Editor)

Product Details:
* Hardcover: 1000 pages
* Publisher: Academic Press; 4 edition (April 8, 2004)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0127640517

Book Description:
Extensively revised and updated, the new edition of AIDS and Other Manifestations of HIV Infection is an essential reference resource providing a comprehensive overview of the biological properties of this etiologic viral agent, its clinicopathological manifestations, the epidemiology of its infection, and present and future therapeutic options.
New to this Edition:
* Expanded section on clinical manifestations includes new chapters on cardiovascular, renal and dermatologic manifestations of HIV infection
* Additional chapters on molecular diagnostic techniques, the role of host genetic variation in HIV infection and its manifestations, the discovery and development of new HIV medicines, analysis of HIV dynamics using mathematical models, toxicities of antiretroviral therapy, HIV drug susceptibility testing, practical therapeutics and the global impact of HIV and AIDS.

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