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Author Jurmain, Suzanne.

Title The secret of the yellow death : a true story of medical sleuthing / by Suzanne Jurmain.

Publication Info. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2009.

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Children's Department  J 614.5 JURMAIN    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Young Adult Materials in Adult Department  YA614.5 J979    Check Shelf
 Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Children's Department  J614.5 JUR    Check Shelf
 East Windsor, Library Association of Warehouse Point - Young Adult  YA 614.5 JUR    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Children's Department  J 614.54109 JURMAIN    DUE 04-13-24
 New Britain, Main Library - Children's Department  J614.5 JUR    Check Shelf
 Portland Public Library - Children's Department  TEEN 614.5 JUR    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Children's Department  J614.54 J97S    Check Shelf
Description 104 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 99-101) and index.
Contents Meeting the monster -- "Feeding the fishes" -- Plans -- Going nowhere -- The first clue? -- Bugs -- "I have no such thing" -- Delirious? -- "Did the mosquito do it?" -- "Doctor, are you sick?"-- Sorting it out -- Problems -- "We are doing it for medical science" -- Testing times -- More bugs -- Celebration.
Summary Tells the story of the doctors and researchers who worked to track down the cause of yellow fever and find a way to eliminate the disease.
Study Program Accelerated Reader AR MG 7.1 3.0 133654.
Subject Yellow fever -- Diagnosis -- Cuba -- Juvenile literature.
Yellow fever -- Juvenile literature.
Yellow Fever -- history -- Juvenile Literature.
Yellow Fever -- etiology -- Juvenile Literature.
Genre/Form Juvenile Literature.
Subject Yellow fever.
ISBN 9780618965816 hardback
0618965815 hardback
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