A pandemic is a global disease outbreak. It is difficult to predict when the next pandemic influenza will occur or how severe it will be, yet there is a valid reason to be concerned about pandemic influenza reaching Colorado.

Examples from real case studies describe the causes, symptoms, and treatment of bird flu, mad cow disease and AIDS along with the real threat they pose to society.

When a Los Angeles bound passenger airline reports an inexplicable death mid-flight, Dr. Kayla Martin of the Center for Disease Control is called in to evaluate the frightening possibilities. She must determine if it is the reality of the bird flu, the probability of a biological attack or worse, a new virus that can't be contained. With the clock ticking and a search for Patient Zero commencing around the globe, the virus begins to spread, the body...