Plagues, pandemics and viruses : from the plague of Athens to COVID-19 / Heather E. Quinlan.
By: Quinlan, Heather E [author.].
Contributor(s): Credo Reference (Firm) [distributor.].
Publisher: Boston, Massachusetts : Credo Reference, 2021Edition: [Enhanced Credo edition].Description: 1 online resource (20 entries) : 205 images ; digital files.Content type: text Media type: electronic Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781787859852.Subject(s): Communicable diseases | Emerging infectious diseases | Epidemics | Pathogenic microorganisms | Epidemics | Communicable Diseases | Communicable Diseases, EmergingGenre/Form: Electronic books.Online resources: View this item online| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-387).
Acknowledgments -- 1. The beginning of the end -- 2. Early medicine -- 3. The Black Death -- 4. The plagues of London -- 5. Plagues of Africa and the tropics -- 6. Smallpox in the New World -- 7. Sexually transmitted infections -- 8. Addiction -- 9. Do-or-die battles -- 10. The 1918 flu -- 11. Coronaviruses -- 12. Living with pathogens -- Further reading.
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"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"-- Provided by publisher.
Plagues, Pandemics, and Viruses: From the Plague of Athens to Covid 19 is an enlightening, and sometimes frightening, recounting of the destruction wrought by disease, but it also looks at what man has done and can do to overcome even the deadliest and bleakest of contagions.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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