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Author Honigsbaum, Mark, author.

Title The pandemic century : one hundred years of panic, hysteria, and hubris / Mark Honigsbaum.

Publication Info. New York : W. W. Norton & Company, 2019.

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 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  614.49 HONIGSBAUM    Check Shelf
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 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  614.4909 HONIGSBAUM    Check Shelf
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Edition First edition.
Description 450 pages, [8] unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [375]-419) and index.
Summary 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.
Contents 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.
Subject Epidemics -- History -- 20th century.
Communicable diseases -- History -- 20th century.
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN 9780393254754 (hardcover)
0393254755 (hardcover)
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