Chronicles the last century of scientific struggle against deadly contagious disease--from the 1918 Spanish influenza pandemic to the recent SARS, Ebola and Zika epidemics--examining related epidemiological mysteries and the role of disease in exacerbating world conflicts.
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ISBN:9780393254754
ISBN:0393254755
Physical Description:print 450 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Edition:First edition.
Publisher:New York :W. W. Norton & Company,[2019]
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [375]-419) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Sharks and other predators -- The blue death -- Plague in the City of Angels -- The great parrot fever pandemic -- The "Philly killer" -- Legionnaires' redux -- AIDS in America, AIDS in Africa -- SARS: "super spreader"-- Ebola at the borders -- Z is for Zika -- Epilogue: The pandemic century.