Pandemics: What Everyone Needs to Know
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Pandemics: What Everyone Needs to Know is an accessible, expert-driven overview of how pandemics emerge, spread, and can be controlled, written for a general audience by Nobel Prize–winning immunologist Peter C. Doherty.
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How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pandemics: What Everyone Needs to Know Context triple: [Peter C. Doherty, hasWritten, Pandemics: What Everyone Needs to Know]
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A.
America’s Forgotten Pandemic
America’s Forgotten Pandemic is a historical study by Alfred W. Crosby that examines the global impact and cultural neglect of the 1918 influenza pandemic.
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B.
Infectious Diseases of Humans: Dynamics and Control
Infectious Diseases of Humans: Dynamics and Control is a seminal book that applies mathematical modeling to understand and predict the spread and control of infectious diseases in human populations.
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C.
House on Fire: The Fight to Eradicate Smallpox
House on Fire: The Fight to Eradicate Smallpox is a nonfiction book recounting the global campaign to eliminate smallpox, written from the perspective of one of the key public health leaders who helped achieve its eradication.
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D.
How Contagion Works
How Contagion Works is a short nonfiction book by Italian writer Paolo Giordano that reflects on the COVID-19 pandemic and explores how contagion shapes societies, behaviors, and interconnected global systems.
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E.
COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic is a global outbreak of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 that began in late 2019, causing widespread illness, deaths, and major disruptions to societies and economies worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pandemics: What Everyone Needs to Know Target entity description: Pandemics: What Everyone Needs to Know is an accessible, expert-driven overview of how pandemics emerge, spread, and can be controlled, written for a general audience by Nobel Prize–winning immunologist Peter C. Doherty.
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A.
America’s Forgotten Pandemic
America’s Forgotten Pandemic is a historical study by Alfred W. Crosby that examines the global impact and cultural neglect of the 1918 influenza pandemic.
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B.
Infectious Diseases of Humans: Dynamics and Control
Infectious Diseases of Humans: Dynamics and Control is a seminal book that applies mathematical modeling to understand and predict the spread and control of infectious diseases in human populations.
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C.
House on Fire: The Fight to Eradicate Smallpox
House on Fire: The Fight to Eradicate Smallpox is a nonfiction book recounting the global campaign to eliminate smallpox, written from the perspective of one of the key public health leaders who helped achieve its eradication.
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D.
How Contagion Works
How Contagion Works is a short nonfiction book by Italian writer Paolo Giordano that reflects on the COVID-19 pandemic and explores how contagion shapes societies, behaviors, and interconnected global systems.
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E.
COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic is a global outbreak of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 that began in late 2019, causing widespread illness, deaths, and major disruptions to societies and economies worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
non-fiction book
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popular science book ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
inform non-specialists about pandemics
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provide evidence-based guidance on pandemics ⓘ |
| author | Peter C. Doherty ⓘ |
| authorAward | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ⓘ |
| covers |
antiviral drugs
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global health systems ⓘ historical pandemics ⓘ modern pandemics ⓘ public health interventions ⓘ vaccine development ⓘ zoonotic diseases ⓘ |
| describedAs | accessible overview of pandemics ⓘ |
| discusses |
individual-level protective measures
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role of governments in pandemic response ⓘ role of international organizations in pandemics ⓘ scientific uncertainty during outbreaks ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
importance of global cooperation
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importance of surveillance systems ⓘ importance of vaccination ⓘ |
| explains |
how pandemics can be controlled
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how pandemics emerge ⓘ how pandemics spread ⓘ |
| format |
ebook
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print ⓘ |
| genre |
epidemiology
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public health ⓘ science communication ⓘ |
| intendedUse |
reference for interested lay readers
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reference for policymakers ⓘ reference for students ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| publisher | Oxford University Press ⓘ |
| series | What Everyone Needs to Know ⓘ |
| structure | question-and-answer format ⓘ |
| targetAudience | general audience ⓘ |
| topic |
disease control
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emerging diseases ⓘ epidemic preparedness ⓘ infectious diseases ⓘ pandemics ⓘ public health policy ⓘ |
| writtenBy |
Nobel Prize–winning immunologist
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Peter C. Doherty ⓘ |
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