Plagues, pandemics and viruses : from the plague of Athens to COVID-19 /
Quinlan, Heather E.,
Plagues, pandemics and viruses : from the plague of Athens to COVID-19 / Heather E. Quinlan. - xvii, 397 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-387) and index.
The beginning of the end -- Early medicine -- The black death -- The plagues of London -- Plagues of Africa and the tropics -- Smallpox in the new world -- Sexually transmitted infections -- Addiction -- Do-or-die battles -- The 1918 flu -- Coronaviruses -- Living with pathogens.
"From the plague of Athens to the Covid-19 pandemic, Plagues, Pandemics and Viruses covers the history, causes, medical treatments, human responses, and aftermath of the world's biggest pandemics as well as several modern diseases of note and those that are making a comeback"--
9781578597048 1578597048 1578597390 9781578597390
2020038897
Communicable diseases.
Emerging infectious diseases.
Epidemics.
Pathogenic microorganisms.
Communicable Diseases
Communicable Diseases, Emerging
Maladies infectieuses.
Maladies infectieuses �emergentes.
Micro-organismes pathog�enes.
Communicable diseases
Emerging infectious diseases
Epidemics
Pathogenic microorganisms
RA643 / .Q85 2020
Plagues, pandemics and viruses : from the plague of Athens to COVID-19 / Heather E. Quinlan. - xvii, 397 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-387) and index.
The beginning of the end -- Early medicine -- The black death -- The plagues of London -- Plagues of Africa and the tropics -- Smallpox in the new world -- Sexually transmitted infections -- Addiction -- Do-or-die battles -- The 1918 flu -- Coronaviruses -- Living with pathogens.
"From the plague of Athens to the Covid-19 pandemic, Plagues, Pandemics and Viruses covers the history, causes, medical treatments, human responses, and aftermath of the world's biggest pandemics as well as several modern diseases of note and those that are making a comeback"--
9781578597048 1578597048 1578597390 9781578597390
2020038897
Communicable diseases.
Emerging infectious diseases.
Epidemics.
Pathogenic microorganisms.
Communicable Diseases
Communicable Diseases, Emerging
Maladies infectieuses.
Maladies infectieuses �emergentes.
Micro-organismes pathog�enes.
Communicable diseases
Emerging infectious diseases
Epidemics
Pathogenic microorganisms
RA643 / .Q85 2020