The Coming Plague (150 page)
Authors: Laurie Garrett
Paintal, A. S.
Pakistan; antibiotic resistance in
Palese, Peter
Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
Pan American Sanitary Conference
Panama; malaria in; yellow fever in
Pangu Kaza Asila
Panos Institute
Papua New Guinea; Institute of Medical Research; malaria in
paramyxovirus simian virus
parasites; drugs for;
see also specific diseases
parasitology
Parke-Davis
Parmenter, Robert
Parodi, A. S.
Pasteur, Louis
Pasteur Institute
Pattyn, Stefan
Paul Ehrlich Institute
Peace Corps
pediculosis
Peloponnesian War
pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)
penicillin; resistance to
PenicillinaseâProducing
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
(PPNG)
Pennsylvania Department of Health
pentamidine
Peromyscus
;
P. leucopus
;
P
.
manicu-Latus
Persian Gulf war
pertussis
Peru: AIDS in; cholera in; cocaine production in; deforestation in
Peter, Georges
Peters, C. J.
Pfeiffer, Gerd
phagocytic cells
pharmaceutical industry
Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association
pheromones
Philippines; AIDS in; dengue hemorrhagic fever in; malaria in; research animals from; sexually transmitted diseases in; volcano eruptions in
Phillips, Howard
Phoca sibirica
phocine distemper virus (PDV)
Phocoena phocoena
phosgene
phosphene
phosphorylation
Pinatubo, Mount
Pinching, Anthony
Pine, Seymour
Pinheiro, Francisco
Pinneo, Lily (“Penny”)
Piot, Margarethe
Piot, Peter
Pittsburgh, University of
plague;
see also
bubonic plague; pneumonic plague
Planned Parenthood
plasmids
Plasmodium: P. falciparum
;
P. vivax
Platt, Eileen
Platt, Geoffrey
Playtex tampons
Pneumococcus
Pneumocystis carinii
pneumonia (PCP)
pneumonia; pediatric;
see also Pneumocystis carinii
pneumonia (PCP)
pneumonic plague
Podhista, Chai
Pokrovsky, Vadim
Pokrovsky, Valentin
Pol Pot
Poland; heroin in
polio; vaccine, AIDS viruses in
pollution
polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
polymerase
polymerase chain reactions (PCR)
population growth
porpoise morbillivirus (PMV)
Post, Jan
poverty; refugee; tuberculosis and; in United States
primaquine
Prince Leopold Institute of Tropical Medicine
Principe
Procter & Gamble
Profit, Mrs.
proguanil
Project SIDA
ProMED
Prospect Hill virus
prostitution AIDS and ; drug use and
Proteus
Pseudomonas
Ptychodiscus brevis
Public Health Service, U.S.
Puerto Rico: AIDS in; yellow fever in
Purtilo, David
Puumala virus
Pygmies
pyrimethamine
pyrogenic exotoxin
Pakistan; antibiotic resistance in
Palese, Peter
Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
Pan American Sanitary Conference
Panama; malaria in; yellow fever in
Pangu Kaza Asila
Panos Institute
Papua New Guinea; Institute of Medical Research; malaria in
paramyxovirus simian virus
parasites; drugs for;
see also specific diseases
parasitology
Parke-Davis
Parmenter, Robert
Parodi, A. S.
Pasteur, Louis
Pasteur Institute
Pattyn, Stefan
Paul Ehrlich Institute
Peace Corps
pediculosis
Peloponnesian War
pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)
penicillin; resistance to
PenicillinaseâProducing
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
(PPNG)
Pennsylvania Department of Health
pentamidine
Peromyscus
;
P. leucopus
;
P
.
manicu-Latus
Persian Gulf war
pertussis
Peru: AIDS in; cholera in; cocaine production in; deforestation in
Peter, Georges
Peters, C. J.
Pfeiffer, Gerd
phagocytic cells
pharmaceutical industry
Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association
pheromones
Philippines; AIDS in; dengue hemorrhagic fever in; malaria in; research animals from; sexually transmitted diseases in; volcano eruptions in
Phillips, Howard
Phoca sibirica
phocine distemper virus (PDV)
Phocoena phocoena
phosgene
phosphene
phosphorylation
Pinatubo, Mount
Pinching, Anthony
Pine, Seymour
Pinheiro, Francisco
Pinneo, Lily (“Penny”)
Piot, Margarethe
Piot, Peter
Pittsburgh, University of
plague;
see also
bubonic plague; pneumonic plague
Planned Parenthood
plasmids
Plasmodium: P. falciparum
;
P. vivax
Platt, Eileen
Platt, Geoffrey
Playtex tampons
Pneumococcus
Pneumocystis carinii
pneumonia (PCP)
pneumonia; pediatric;
see also Pneumocystis carinii
pneumonia (PCP)
pneumonic plague
Podhista, Chai
Pokrovsky, Vadim
Pokrovsky, Valentin
Pol Pot
Poland; heroin in
polio; vaccine, AIDS viruses in
pollution
polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
polymerase
polymerase chain reactions (PCR)
population growth
porpoise morbillivirus (PMV)
Post, Jan
poverty; refugee; tuberculosis and; in United States
primaquine
Prince Leopold Institute of Tropical Medicine
Principe
Procter & Gamble
Profit, Mrs.
proguanil
Project SIDA
ProMED
Prospect Hill virus
prostitution AIDS and ; drug use and
Proteus
Pseudomonas
Ptychodiscus brevis
Public Health Service, U.S.
Puerto Rico: AIDS in; yellow fever in
Purtilo, David
Puumala virus
Pygmies
pyrimethamine
pyrogenic exotoxin
Q fever
qinghaosu
quinidine
quinine
Quinn, Sandra Crouse
Quinn, Thomas
quinolone antibiotics
qinghaosu
quinidine
quinine
Quinn, Sandra Crouse
Quinn, Thomas
quinolone antibiotics
rabies
radon
Raffier, Gilbert
Rahman, Sheik Mujibur
rain forests, destruction of
Rask, Margrethe
Rattus: R
.
norvegicus
;
R. rattus
Rauscher mouse leukemia virus
Reagan, Ronald
recombination, genetic
Reed, Walter
Reeves, Bill
refugees
Reichman, Lee
Rely tampons
replicase
Republican Party
respiratory syncytial virus
restriction enzymes
retinitis, CMV
retroviruses; African; recombination of; simian; T-lymphotropic
reverse transcriptase
Revlon Cosmetics Corporation
R Factors
rheumatic fever
Rhodesia; Marburg virus in;
see also
Zimbabwe
ribavirin
ribonucleic acid,
see
RNA
ribozymes
Richmond, Julius
rickettsia
rifampin
Rift Valley fever
rinderpest virus
Risque, Nancy
“Rivet Hypothesis” of diversity
river blindness
RNAAIDS and; of Ebola virus; of hantaviruses; of influenza virus; of Lassa virus; of Marburg virus
Robertson, Pat
Rockefeller Foundation; Laboratories; Virus Program
Rockefeller Institute
Rockefeller University
Rogers, Martha
Roisin, Alain
Roman, Juan
Romana, Sister
Roman Empire; smallpox in
Romania; AIDS in; antibiotic resistance in
Roper, William
Rosenberg, Barbara
Rosenberg, David
Rouillon, Annik
roundworms
Rous sarcoma
Royal Society of Medicine
Rozeboom, Lloyd
Rozenbaum, Willy
rubella
Rubinstein, Arye
Ruppol, Jean-François
Rush, Benjamin
Russell, Paul
Russell, Gen. Philip
Russia; hantaviruses in; snowshoe hare virus in;
see also
Soviet Union
Rutayuge (Tanzanian hospital administrator) Rwanda; AIDS in; civil war in; malaria in
radon
Raffier, Gilbert
Rahman, Sheik Mujibur
rain forests, destruction of
Rask, Margrethe
Rattus: R
.
norvegicus
;
R. rattus
Rauscher mouse leukemia virus
Reagan, Ronald
recombination, genetic
Reed, Walter
Reeves, Bill
refugees
Reichman, Lee
Rely tampons
replicase
Republican Party
respiratory syncytial virus
restriction enzymes
retinitis, CMV
retroviruses; African; recombination of; simian; T-lymphotropic
reverse transcriptase
Revlon Cosmetics Corporation
R Factors
rheumatic fever
Rhodesia; Marburg virus in;
see also
Zimbabwe
ribavirin
ribonucleic acid,
see
RNA
ribozymes
Richmond, Julius
rickettsia
rifampin
Rift Valley fever
rinderpest virus
Risque, Nancy
“Rivet Hypothesis” of diversity
river blindness
RNAAIDS and; of Ebola virus; of hantaviruses; of influenza virus; of Lassa virus; of Marburg virus
Robertson, Pat
Rockefeller Foundation; Laboratories; Virus Program
Rockefeller Institute
Rockefeller University
Rogers, Martha
Roisin, Alain
Roman, Juan
Romana, Sister
Roman Empire; smallpox in
Romania; AIDS in; antibiotic resistance in
Roper, William
Rosenberg, Barbara
Rosenberg, David
Rouillon, Annik
roundworms
Rous sarcoma
Royal Society of Medicine
Rozeboom, Lloyd
Rozenbaum, Willy
rubella
Rubinstein, Arye
Ruppol, Jean-François
Rush, Benjamin
Russell, Paul
Russell, Gen. Philip
Russia; hantaviruses in; snowshoe hare virus in;
see also
Soviet Union
Rutayuge (Tanzanian hospital administrator) Rwanda; AIDS in; civil war in; malaria in
Sabatier, Renée
Sabin, Albert
Sagabiel, Stephanie
SAIDS (simian AIDS)
Saimiri sciureus
St. Louis encephalitis
St. Mary's Hospital Medical School
St. Petersburg Pasteur Institute
Salk, Jonas
Salmonella
;
S
.
newport
Sande, Merle
sandflies
San Francisco AIDS Foundation
San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco Health Department
Santos, Theotonio dos
Sao Tome
SatelLife
Saudi Arabia, sexually transmitted diseases in
Sauerwald, Egon
scabies acariasis roundwonns
scarlet fever
schistosomiasis
Schleissman, Donald
Schlievert, Patrick
Schmaljohn, Connie
Schmid, George
Schoolnick, Gary
Schweiker, Richard
Scotland, morbilliviruses in
scrapie disease
Scripps Research Institute
Seale, John
Segal, Jacob
Selassie, Haile
Senate, U.S.; Consumer Protection Subcommittee; Health Subcommittee
Sencer, David
Senegal; antibiotic resistance in; ascariasis in; HIV-2 in; measles in; Rift Valley fever in; yellow fever in
Sennar Dam (Sudan)
septicemia
Serbs
Serratia
; S.
marcescens
Sevilleta Long Term Ecological Research survey
Sewell, C. Mack
sexual conjugation
sexuallay transmitted diseases (STDs); drug resistant; see also
specific diseases
Seyfarth-Hermann, Hans
Shalala, Donna
Shands, Kathryn
Sharma, V. P.
Shaw, Charlotte
Sheffield, University of, Medical School
Shepard, Charles (“Shep”)
Sherman, Kenneth
Shigella
;
S. dysenteriae
;
S. flexneri
Shilts, Randy
shingles
Shope, Richard
Shunkutu, M. R.
“sick building syndrome,”
sickle-cell anemia
Siegal, Frederick
Siegert, Rudolf
Sierra Leone; Lassa fever in
Silverman, Mervyn
Silverstein, Arthur
simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV)
simian retrovirus (SRV)
simian sarcoma-associated viruses (SSAVs)
simian T-lymphotropic virus (STLV)
Simpson, David
Singapore: AIDS in; malaria in
Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence
Sisters of the Holy Heart of Maria
Sisters of the Holy Rosary
skin cancer
Skole, David
Slate, Hal
Slater, A. J.
sleeping sickness
“slim disease,”
smallpox
Smith, David
Smith, Wilson
Smithsonian Institution; Natural History Museum; Tropical Research Institute
Snow, John
snowshoe hare virus
Solidarity
Solomon Islands, malaria in
Somalia; smallpox eradication in
Sonnabend, Joseph
Soper, Fred
Sorbonne
South Africa; AIDS in; antibiotic resistance in; ascariasis in; Institute for Medical Research; Lassa fever in; malaria in; Marburg disease in; organ transplants in; sexually transmitted diseases in; Toxic Shock Syndrome in; tuberculosis in
South Wales, University of
Southwest Africa
Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research
Soviet Union; Africa and; AIDS in; biological warfare research in;' Hantaan disease in; hemorrhagic diseases in; and Lassa research; morbillivirus in; nonmilitary foreign aid policies of; and smallpox eradication campaign
Soyinka, F.
Spain: AIDS in; antibiotic resistance in; conquest of Mexico by; influenza in; malaria in; morbilliviruses in; syphilis in
spectinomycin
Spielman, Andrew
spirochetes
sporulation
src
Sri Lanka; dengue hemorrhagic fever in; malaria in
Stalin, Joseph
Stall, Mortimer
Stanford University
Staphylococcus
; methicillin-resistant (MRSA); S.
aureus
State Department, U.S.
Steere, Allen
Steigbeigel, Neil
Stenella coeruleoalba
Stevens, Franklin
Stewart, William H.
“sticky sera,”
Stockman, David
Stone, I. F.
Stonewall Riots
Straus, Stephen
Strauss, Jim and Ellen
Strecker, Robert
Streptococcus
;
S. pneumoniae
streptomycin
Stuart-Harris, Charles
Styblo, Karel
Sudan; Ebola virus in; Interior Mission (SIM); Lassa fever in; leishmaniasis in; Rift Valley fever in; schistosomiasis in; smallpox eradication in; yellow fever in
Sukato Manzomba
sulfadoxine
sulfamethoxazole
sulfisoxazole
sulfonamides
sulfur drugs
Sumer, ancient
Summit of the Nonaligned Movement
Sunderman, William F. Jr.
Sureau, Pierre
Surinam
Surui Indians
SV40
Svahn, Jack
SWAPO (South-West Africa People's Organization)
Swaziland: AIDS in; malaria in
Sweden: hantaviruses in; morbilliviruses in; Toxic Shock Syndrome in
Sweet, Bob
sweet wormwood
Swine Flu
Switzerland, antibiotic resistance in
Syngyna absorbency assay
syphilis
Syria
Sabin, Albert
Sagabiel, Stephanie
SAIDS (simian AIDS)
Saimiri sciureus
St. Louis encephalitis
St. Mary's Hospital Medical School
St. Petersburg Pasteur Institute
Salk, Jonas
Salmonella
;
S
.
newport
Sande, Merle
sandflies
San Francisco AIDS Foundation
San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco Health Department
Santos, Theotonio dos
Sao Tome
SatelLife
Saudi Arabia, sexually transmitted diseases in
Sauerwald, Egon
scabies acariasis roundwonns
scarlet fever
schistosomiasis
Schleissman, Donald
Schlievert, Patrick
Schmaljohn, Connie
Schmid, George
Schoolnick, Gary
Schweiker, Richard
Scotland, morbilliviruses in
scrapie disease
Scripps Research Institute
Seale, John
Segal, Jacob
Selassie, Haile
Senate, U.S.; Consumer Protection Subcommittee; Health Subcommittee
Sencer, David
Senegal; antibiotic resistance in; ascariasis in; HIV-2 in; measles in; Rift Valley fever in; yellow fever in
Sennar Dam (Sudan)
septicemia
Serbs
Serratia
; S.
marcescens
Sevilleta Long Term Ecological Research survey
Sewell, C. Mack
sexual conjugation
sexuallay transmitted diseases (STDs); drug resistant; see also
specific diseases
Seyfarth-Hermann, Hans
Shalala, Donna
Shands, Kathryn
Sharma, V. P.
Shaw, Charlotte
Sheffield, University of, Medical School
Shepard, Charles (“Shep”)
Sherman, Kenneth
Shigella
;
S. dysenteriae
;
S. flexneri
Shilts, Randy
shingles
Shope, Richard
Shunkutu, M. R.
“sick building syndrome,”
sickle-cell anemia
Siegal, Frederick
Siegert, Rudolf
Sierra Leone; Lassa fever in
Silverman, Mervyn
Silverstein, Arthur
simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV)
simian retrovirus (SRV)
simian sarcoma-associated viruses (SSAVs)
simian T-lymphotropic virus (STLV)
Simpson, David
Singapore: AIDS in; malaria in
Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence
Sisters of the Holy Heart of Maria
Sisters of the Holy Rosary
skin cancer
Skole, David
Slate, Hal
Slater, A. J.
sleeping sickness
“slim disease,”
smallpox
Smith, David
Smith, Wilson
Smithsonian Institution; Natural History Museum; Tropical Research Institute
Snow, John
snowshoe hare virus
Solidarity
Solomon Islands, malaria in
Somalia; smallpox eradication in
Sonnabend, Joseph
Soper, Fred
Sorbonne
South Africa; AIDS in; antibiotic resistance in; ascariasis in; Institute for Medical Research; Lassa fever in; malaria in; Marburg disease in; organ transplants in; sexually transmitted diseases in; Toxic Shock Syndrome in; tuberculosis in
South Wales, University of
Southwest Africa
Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research
Soviet Union; Africa and; AIDS in; biological warfare research in;' Hantaan disease in; hemorrhagic diseases in; and Lassa research; morbillivirus in; nonmilitary foreign aid policies of; and smallpox eradication campaign
Soyinka, F.
Spain: AIDS in; antibiotic resistance in; conquest of Mexico by; influenza in; malaria in; morbilliviruses in; syphilis in
spectinomycin
Spielman, Andrew
spirochetes
sporulation
src
Sri Lanka; dengue hemorrhagic fever in; malaria in
Stalin, Joseph
Stall, Mortimer
Stanford University
Staphylococcus
; methicillin-resistant (MRSA); S.
aureus
State Department, U.S.
Steere, Allen
Steigbeigel, Neil
Stenella coeruleoalba
Stevens, Franklin
Stewart, William H.
“sticky sera,”
Stockman, David
Stone, I. F.
Stonewall Riots
Straus, Stephen
Strauss, Jim and Ellen
Strecker, Robert
Streptococcus
;
S. pneumoniae
streptomycin
Stuart-Harris, Charles
Styblo, Karel
Sudan; Ebola virus in; Interior Mission (SIM); Lassa fever in; leishmaniasis in; Rift Valley fever in; schistosomiasis in; smallpox eradication in; yellow fever in
Sukato Manzomba
sulfadoxine
sulfamethoxazole
sulfisoxazole
sulfonamides
sulfur drugs
Sumer, ancient
Summit of the Nonaligned Movement
Sunderman, William F. Jr.
Sureau, Pierre
Surinam
Surui Indians
SV40
Svahn, Jack
SWAPO (South-West Africa People's Organization)
Swaziland: AIDS in; malaria in
Sweden: hantaviruses in; morbilliviruses in; Toxic Shock Syndrome in
Sweet, Bob
sweet wormwood
Swine Flu
Switzerland, antibiotic resistance in
Syngyna absorbency assay
syphilis
Syria
Tacaribe virus
Taenia solium
Tahyna virus
Tajikistan
Takatsuki, Kiyoshi
Tampax Incorporated
tampons
Tanzania; AIDS in; GNP per capita in; health-care policy in; malaria in; Rwandan refugees in; schistosomiasis in; tuberculosis in
tapeworms
Tarantola, Daniel
Tass news agency
Taunay, Augusto
T cells; in AIDS; in animal research; LAV and; in malaria; in Toxic Shock Syndrome
Teklehaimont, Awash
Temin, Howard
Tempest, Bruce
Tester, Patricia
tetanus; neonatal
tetracyclin
Thailand; AIDS in; cholera in; dengue hemorrhagic fever in; malaria in; sexually transmitted diseases in
Thatcher, Margaret
T-helper cells
thiacetazone
Thomas, Stephen
3-thiacytidine (3TC)
thrush
thymidine kinase
Tkimalenka, Justhe
tobacco
Todaro, George
Today contraceptive vaginal sponge
Todd, James
Togo, onchocerciasis in
Tokyo Cancer Institute
Tolbert, William R. Jr.
Tomasevski, Katarina
Tomasz, Alexander
Touré, Sekou
Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS)
Toxic Shock-Like Syndrome (TSLS)
toxoplasmosis
transcriptase
transposons
“trench nephritis,”
Treponema pallidum
trimethoprim
Trinidad
Tropeninstitut (German Tropical Disease Institute)
Troup, Jeannette
Trud
(newspaper)
Trypanosoma
trypanosomiasis
tryptophan
Tsetse flies
T-suppressor cells
tuberculosis,
AIDS and; drug-resistant; heroin use and
Tucker, Compton
Tufts University; School of Medicine
Tulane University; Medical School
tularemia
Tunisia
Turkana people
Turkey: heroin in; plague in
typhoid fever
typhus
Taenia solium
Tahyna virus
Tajikistan
Takatsuki, Kiyoshi
Tampax Incorporated
tampons
Tanzania; AIDS in; GNP per capita in; health-care policy in; malaria in; Rwandan refugees in; schistosomiasis in; tuberculosis in
tapeworms
Tarantola, Daniel
Tass news agency
Taunay, Augusto
T cells; in AIDS; in animal research; LAV and; in malaria; in Toxic Shock Syndrome
Teklehaimont, Awash
Temin, Howard
Tempest, Bruce
Tester, Patricia
tetanus; neonatal
tetracyclin
Thailand; AIDS in; cholera in; dengue hemorrhagic fever in; malaria in; sexually transmitted diseases in
Thatcher, Margaret
T-helper cells
thiacetazone
Thomas, Stephen
3-thiacytidine (3TC)
thrush
thymidine kinase
Tkimalenka, Justhe
tobacco
Todaro, George
Today contraceptive vaginal sponge
Todd, James
Togo, onchocerciasis in
Tokyo Cancer Institute
Tolbert, William R. Jr.
Tomasevski, Katarina
Tomasz, Alexander
Touré, Sekou
Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS)
Toxic Shock-Like Syndrome (TSLS)
toxoplasmosis
transcriptase
transposons
“trench nephritis,”
Treponema pallidum
trimethoprim
Trinidad
Tropeninstitut (German Tropical Disease Institute)
Troup, Jeannette
Trud
(newspaper)
Trypanosoma
trypanosomiasis
tryptophan
Tsetse flies
T-suppressor cells
tuberculosis,
AIDS and; drug-resistant; heroin use and
Tucker, Compton
Tufts University; School of Medicine
Tulane University; Medical School
tularemia
Tunisia
Turkana people
Turkey: heroin in; plague in
typhoid fever
typhus
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