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November 07, 2005
Dr. Alan P. Zelicoff, author, MICROBE: Are We Ready for the Next Plague?, 11/2/05
Dr. Alan Zelicoff's new book, MICROBE: Are We Ready For the Next Plague?, co-authored by risk management expert Michael Bellomo, provides detailed accounts of the various animal-to-human transmitted viruses, bacteria, and plagues, and provides practical solutions to stop outbreaks and minimize the impact of a health epidemic. The book covers current problems in the nation’s public health infrastructure, bioterrorism, and solutions to address emerging diseases in a timely way so as to permit effective intervention.
Dr. Zelicoff is a physician, physicist, and Senior Scientific Consultant for Ares Corporation, a risk-analysis engineering firm with offices across the U.S. He is the inventor of the Syndrome Reporting Information System, a platform-independent, networked disease monitoring tool for public health officials, physicians, veterinarians, laboratory and EMS professionals, emergency management coordinators, and decision-makers.
Posted by David Lemberg at November 7, 2005 12:46 PM Return to SCIENCE AND SOCIETY home page