The pandemic century one hundred years of panic, hysteria, and hubris

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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Main Author: Honigsbaum, Mark (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2019]
Edition:First edition.
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