Résultats pour "viruses" dans Médical

When a young woman in New York City dies mysteriously after a trip to Brussels, top epidemiologist Lowell Kaplan identifies the cause of death as the Marburg Virus - a fatal strain that has surfaced only once before in history. Determined to trace the source of the disease, Kaplan follows a trail of intrigue from the labs of Germany to the jungles of Central Africa. With danger nipping at his heels and the secrets of the virus' origin kept deliberately under wraps, Kaplan must go to unimaginable lengths to stop a deadly scheme.

As the American consciousness shifted rapidly from aware, to concerned, to worried...Simple routines like buying gas or going to the grocery store place people at risk of exposure to the deadly contagion. Welcome to the next global war. From the imaginative mind of international best-selling author, Bobby Akart, comes a series ripped from today's headlines. Meet the Virus Hunters, the disease detectives on the front line of a never-ending battle to save humanity from viruses one-billionth our size.

From the imaginative mind of international best-selling author, Bobby Akart, comes a series ripped from today's headlines. Meet the Virus Hunters, the disease detectives on the front line of a never-ending battle to save humanity from viruses one-billionth our size. Mr. Akart has delivered up-all-night thrillers in his 40-plus novels. His new Virus Hunters novels will give you pause and remind you that we're in a global war for survival against an unseen foe.

Deadly outbreaks of diseases make headlines, but not at the start. Every pandemic begins small, subtle, and in faraway places. When it arrives, it spreads across oceans and continents, like the sweep of nightfall, killing millions, or even billions. Mr. Akart has delivered up-all- night thrillers in his 40-plus novels. His new Virus Hunters novels will give you pause and remind you that we're in a global war for survival against an unseen foe.

It's January 1969, the winter after the summer of love, and Jill and David's fledgling relationship is about to be put to test by the outbreak of Hong Kong flu. As they huddle under blankets together, full of flu, neither of them is aware of how this moment will impact them in both the near and distant future.

Kurz vor den Parlamentswahlen in Dänemark droht ein biologischer Anschlag auf das Folketing. Der Virologe Jacob Detlev wird hinzugezogen, um die Gefahr zu bewerten – und erkennt schnell: Das Virus ist kein Zufallsprodukt, sondern Teil eines perfiden Plans. Während sich Angriffe auf unschuldige Bürger und Bürgerinnen häufen und politische Unruhe das Land erschüttert, führen Spuren tief in die Geschichte – bis zurück zur Spanischen Grippe von 1918 – und gleichzeitig in die eiskalte Einöde von Svalbard.

Millionen Infizierte, kein Impfstoff - und ein perfider Plan! Die Verlobte des US-amerikanischen Investigativjournalisten Gideon Connor erkrankt an einer extrem seltenen Form von Leukämie. Connor forscht nach Wegen, das Leben seiner Verlobten zu retten - aber was er herausfindet, übersteigt seine schlimmsten Vorstellungen: Die Krankheit wird vom Retrovirus HTLV-1 ausgelöst, mit dem bereits über 20 Millionen Menschen auf der Welt infiziert sind.

Dr. Lauren Hale, a new hospital resident, is nearly killed by a raving mad emergency room patient, in a senseless, unprovoked attack. Officer David Olson, veteran cop and former Marine, returns from a father-son camping trip to discover that his ex-wife has vanished under bizarre circumstances, and his police department is on the verge of collapse. Jack and Emma Harper, a young, upwardly mobile couple, find their hip city neighborhood rapidly descending into madness.

When the outbreak comes to a head, Laney is away from home. Chasing her dream of being the winner of a baking reality show, she is sequestered like a juror. No phone, no internet, no knowledge of what is happening. When the show evacuates all of the contestants, somehow Laney is left behind. Shut off from communication when the city loses power, Laney is clueless about what is happening and lacks the knowledge of the virus she is facing. Those infected experience a violent fever rage before the virus ultimately consumes them and takes their lives.

When Katie finds out that her increasingly unresponsive legs and extreme fatigue is due to multiple sclerosis, she rides an emotional roller coaster - anger, denial, and fear - when faced with a wheelchair-bound existence. She puts her studies at Oxford on hold, and she splits up from her fiancé Mark, even though she still loves him. While undergoing treatment, Katie is diagnosed with MS2 - a virus that paralyses the mind.

This science-based thriller from Wil Mara will chill you to your core Bob Easton thinks he has a cold. Before he dies in agony, four days later, he infects dozens of people. Local health agencies become quickly overwhelmed by the sick and dying and beg the CDC for help. Dr. Michael Beck and Cara...

Once thought to be pure academic legend, scientists recently found proof of the existence of viruses thousands of times larger than ordinary viruses. So far all have been innocuous, but what if one was a human pathogen? While drilling for oil in the desolate reaches of the Arctic, an unsuspecting company extracts a permafrost ice core that has been frozen for 30,000 years, accidentally releasing a "megavirus".

Dass in einem Krankenhaus Menschen sterben, ist keine Seltenheit. Wenn allerdings gewisse "Unregelmäßigkeiten" dazu führen, wird die Geschäftsleitung schnell nervös...

The Ice Drop Virus is a horrifying story about animals worldwide, who become infected with a virus and attack. It is a terrifying tale of how ordinary animals become bloodthirsty killers. This is the story about a doctor, who tries to saves the world. It is a story about an animal brought back from the brink of extinction; how even in the worst of times we can find love; you will never look at animals the same again.