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  1. Chief Medical Officer on plague (1994)

    Genre
    Interview

    Although 8 suspected cases of plague emerged in Britain, five patients have now been sent home after testing negative for the disease - still raging through parts of India. Three people are still in...

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  2. Health and Disease in Zimbabwe (1993 Video)

    Producer
    Eleanor Morris
    Subject
    Development studies; Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 2000 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Explores the factors that compose the health portrait of a developing country such as Zimbabwe, whcih whas one of the fastest rates of population growth in the world but a very high infant mortality rate....

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  3. Introducing the Pathogens: Disease-Causing Organisms (1995 Video)

    Subject
    Biology; Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 34 min., 2004 sale: £39.00 (+ VAT inc. p&p)

    Examines the characteristics of the five major groups of pathogens that cause infectious disease - bacteria, viruses, fungi, protozoa, and worms - and the diseases they cause in humans, as well as symptoms...

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  4. Emerging Diseases: Prions and Viruses (2008)

    Subject
    Biology; Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 28 minutes), £35.00

    Looks at the risks imposed by emerging diseases and examines four specific examples in detail. Deals in turn with the following topics: What is an emerging disease? - one which suddenly appears in a...

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  5. Infectious Diseases of Salmon and Trout (1974 Multimedia)

    Subject
    Agriculture; Veterinary science
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Audiocassette. 35 min.; 21 slides. col.

    Introduces the major disease problems found in freshwater culture of salmon and trout. Emphasis is placed on optimal management rather than emergency therapy. Describes viral, bacterial and parasitic agents.

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  6. Infections of the Lung and Heart (2018)

    Subject
    Medical sciences

    The lung has a large surface area, is open to the outside world and is the site for some of the most common serious infections, in particular pneumonia. Several bacteria, viruses and some less common lung...

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  7. Killer Virus (1997 Video)

    Subject
    Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 50 min., 1997 sale: £12.99 (inclusive)

    Looks at the increasing threat posed by new viruses: the Ebola virus, which struck in Zaire in 1995; hanta in the USA, dengue fever in South America, a virus from the Amazon that eats its victims’ lungs;...

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  8. Life and Death in Rio (1985 Video)

    Producer
    Vic Lockwood
    Subject
    Development studies; Medical sciences
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    Rio de Janeiro has the reputation of being the world’s most glamorous city, but nine million people who live there are subject to infectious diseases and malnutrition. Death rates are high and life...

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  9. The Impact of Infections As we Go Through Life and Age (2018)

    Subject
    Medical sciences

    The very young and very elderly are particularly susceptible to many infections and for many infections, age will predict how likely someone is to die once infected. The immediate and long-term effects of an...

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  10. Viral Outbreak: The Science of Emerging Disease (2010)

    Subject
    Biology; Medical sciences
    Distribution
    DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 240 minutes), free

    A series of four lectures in the 2010 Holiday Lectures series: Lecture 1 - Dengue Fever: Breaking Epidemic Cycles by Eva Harris; Lecture 2:- The Virus Hunter’s Toolkit by Joseph L. DeRisi,; Lecture 3 -...

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