Annotation:
1. Gordon C. Cook and Manson’s Tropical Diseases. London England: WB Saunders Company Ltd; 1998.
Summary: Manson’s Tropical Diseases is a science book that covers topics such as, viruses, diseases, and bacterias. This book is used by students who are specifically majoring in Biological science or Microbiology. With a huge array of information this book is also useful for research. The main purpose of this book is to specifically eduacte readers on warm climate diseases.
Evaluation/Analysis: The information presented in this book has a great accuracy rate. The author of this book, Dr. Patrick Manson, published the first edition in the year 1898. As the years past by research doctors kept adding new materials to his book. Manson’s Tropical Diseases is updated year round, especially when new discoveries are made. Since 1898 there have been 16 editions of Manson’s Tropical Diseases. This book is used by most University insitutions in the United States of America. The main goal of this book is to educate readers on Diseases that originate in the tropics.
Picture Analysis:
The Ebola virus is a part of the Filoviridae group. Flioviridae is a group of negative RNA viruses. Ebola and the Marburg the Marburg are the only two virus strands that make up the Filoviridea family. The Ebola virus has spikey looking protiens located on it’s surface. These protiens are responsible for attacking and destroying cell tissues within the human body.
