Plagues, pandemics and viruses : from the plague of Athens to COVID-19 / Heather E. Quinlan.
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TextDescription: xvii, 397 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN: - 9781578597048
- 1578597048
- 1578597390
- 9781578597390
- 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
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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"--
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