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The Monster at
Our Door

The Global Threat of Avian Flu

Mike Davis

NEW YORK

LONDON

The Monster at
Our Door

The Monster at
Our Door

acute respiratory infection,

Afkhami, Amir,

Africa: influenza in,

Agriculture Department,

AIDS,

amantadine,

American College of Physicians,

American Expeditionary Force,

American Medical Association,

American Samoa,

American Society of Internal Medicine,

American Spectator (journal),

Andrewes, Christopher,

Andromeda Strain, The (Crichton),

Angell, Marcia,

anthrax,

antibiotics,

antigenic drift,

antigenic shift,

antiviral medications, stockpiling of,

Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Maryland,

Asian flu (1957),

Australia,

Aventis-Pasteur,

avian flu: deadliness of,

Bangkok Livestock Trading Company,

Bangkok Post (newspaper),

Barlett, Donald,

Barry, John M.,

Bean, William,

Becker, Jasper,

Behrman, Greg,

Belgium,

Betrayal of Trust (Garrett),

Big Pharma. See

biodefense,

biosafety,

bioterrorism,

bird flu. See

Boonrod, Laweng,

British Columbia, Canada,

Broadway, Michael,

Brundtland, Gro Harlem,

bubonic plague pandemic (18941918),

Bungaran Saragih,

Bush, George H. W.,

Bush, George W.,

Bush, Neil,

bushmeat,

Byrne, David,

Califano, Joseph,

California,

Camus, Albert,

Canada: SARS in,

Cardona, Carol,

Carlyle Group,

Carter, Jimmy,

cats,

CDC. See

Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, University of Minnesota,

Centers for Disease Control (CDC),

Centre for Disease Control, Canada,

chaos theory,

Charoen Pokphand (CP),

Chearavanont, Dhanin,

Chen Kaizhi,

Chia brothers,

Chia Ek Chow. See

chickens. See

Chidchob, Newin,

China: Asian flu (1957),

China Daily (newspaper),

Chirmsak Pinthong,

Chiron,

Clancy, Tom,

class: influenza deaths and,

Clinton, Bill,

cocks, fighting,

Collier, Richard,

complexity theory,

Congress: and pharmaceutical industry,

conjunctivitis,

contract farmers/growers. See

Cooper, Theodore,

Corn, David,

CP. See

Cracken, Kevin,

Crawford, Dorothy,

Crawford, Lester,

Crichton, Michael,

Crosby, Alfred,

Cuba,

Curson, Peter,

Davies, Pete,

Davis, Pete,

De Waal, Alex,

death, psychological effect of mass,

Defense Department,

deforestation,

Delforge, Isabelle,

Democratic National Committee,

Deng Xiaoping,

Diary of Anne Frank, The,

Diouf, Jacques,

disease ecology,

Dowdle, Walter,

ducks,

East Indies,

Ebola fever,

ecocide,

Edwards, John,

Eisenhower, Dwight D.,

Emerging Viruses (Morse),

Epidemic and Peace: 1918 (Crosby),

Epidemic Influenza (Jordan),

error catastrophe,

European Union (EU),

evolutionary medicine,

Ewald, Paul,

Ezekiel,

Falkenrath, Richard A.,

famine. See

Fanning, Thomas,

Farr, William,

fast foods,

federal biosafety guidelines,

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA),

Fineberg, Harvey,

fishing, West Africa and,

flu. See

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), United Nations,

Food and Drug Administration (FDA),

Food Inspection Agency, Canada,

Ford, Gerald,

Fort Detrick, Maryland Army base,

fossil virus,

Francis, Thomas,

Francis/Salk vaccine,

Fukuda, Keiji,

Garrett, Laurie,

geese,

General Accounting Office (GAO),

genetic mutation: in avian flu,

GenZ,

Gerberding, Julie,

Germany,

globalization: avian flu in context of,

Goozner, Merrill,

Goudsmit, Jaap,

Government Accounting Office (GAO),

Great Influenza, The (Barry),

Guan, Yi,

Guangdong, China,

Guillain-Barr syndrome,

H1N1,

H1N2,

H2N2,

H3N1,

H3N2,

H4N6,

H5N1,

H6N1,

H6N2,

H7N2,

H7N3,

H7N7,

H9N2,

HA. See

Hanoi, Vietnam,

Harbin Veterinary Research Institute,

He Changchui,

Health and Human Services Department (HHS),

health care personnel, SARS among,

hemagglutinin (HA),

Higginbottom, Samuel,

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI),

HIV,

HMOs (health maintenance organizations),

Holland. See

Holland, John,

Holocaust Museum,

Hong Kong: avian flu in (1997),

Hong Kong Standard (newspaper),

Horton, Richard,

hospitals, inadequacy of,

Hoyle, Fred,

HPAI. See

Hu Jintao,

Huang, John,

hunger, influenza deaths and,

Hussein, Saddam,

immune system: fossil viruses insusceptible to,

immunization programs,

India: 1918 flu pandemic in,

Indonesia,

Infectious Diseases Society of America,

influenza: A type,

Institute of Medicine,

insurance industry,

Iran,

Iraq invasion (2003),

Japan,

Jiang Yanyong,

Jiang Zemin,

Johnson, Nial,

Jordan, Edwin Oakes,

Journal of Infectious Disease,

Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA),

Kansas,

Kennedy, Ted,

Kentucky Fried Chicken,

Kenya,

Kerry, John,

Kilbourne, Edwin,

Kolata, Gina,

Koopmans, Marion,

Korea,

Krause, Richard,

Laemphakwan, Somsak,

Lancet (journal),

Laos,

Lau, Clive,

Lavanchy, Daniel,

Lederberg, Joshua,

Leeb, Martin,

Levin, Simon,

Lim (Hong Kong scientist),

Livestock Revolution,

Los Angeles, California,

Low Pathogenic Avian Influenza (LPAI),

malaria,

mammals, hosting of flu by,

Mathews, David,

McLean, Angela,

McNeill, William,

meat: exotic,

medicine: early 20th-century advances in,

Meltzer, Martin,

Meng Zuenong,

meningitis B,

Milford Valley, Utah,

Miller, J. Donald,

Mills, I.,

Moldea, Dan,

Morse, Stephen,

mortality rates,

Mortimer, Philip,

Muangsuk, Wattana,

Mueller, Juergen,

mutation, genetic. See

NA. See

Nader, Ralph,

Nakajima, Hiroshi,

Nation (journal),

National Influenza Center, Rotterdam,

National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR), London,

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases,

National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (Netherlands),