Global Catastrophic Biological Risks

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Inglesby, Thomas V. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Adalja, Amesh A. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology, 424
• Subjects: Immunology.; Health promotion.; Epidemiology.; Infectious diseases.; Human physiology.; Vaccines.; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.; Infectious Diseases.; Human Physiology.; Vaccine.

This volume focuses on Global Catastrophic Biological Risks (GCBRs), a special class of infectious disease outbreaks or pandemics in which the combined capacity of the world's private and government resources becomes severely strained. These events, of which the 1918 influenza pandemic is emble...