Patient zero solving the mysteries of deadly epidemics
"Engrossing true stories of the pioneers of epidemiology who risked their lives to find the source of deadly diseases--now revised to include updated information and a new chapter on COVID-19. More people have died in disease epidemics than in wars or other disasters, but the process of identif...
| Main Author: | Peters, Marilee, 1968- (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Toronto ; Berkeley :
Annick Press,
[2021]
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| Edition: | Updated edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- A note on the second edition
- Introduction: Disease detectives on the case
- A deadly year: the Great Plague of London, 1665
- Plotting a mystery: the Soho cholera outbreak, 1854
- Did the mosquito do it? Yellow fever in Cuba, 1900
- Cooking up trouble: typhoid in New York, 1906
- World vs. virus: Spanish influenza pandemic, 1918-19
- Mystery in the jungle: Ebola in Zaire, 1976
- The new plague: AIDS pandemic, 1980
- A wakeup call to the world: COVID-19 pandemic, 2020-21
- Conclusion: Pandemics and the future of disease detection.