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Pandemics. / World Books. - 3rd edition. - Chicago, IL : World Book, Inc., 2018 - 56 pages; colour illustrations; 27.5 cm. - World Book's library of natural disasters .

Includes index.

What is a pandemic? -- What causes infectious diseases? -- How do microorganisms multiply and survive? -- How do infectious diseases spread? -- How do microorganisms affect human beings? -- Why do pandemics occur? -- Population changes and pandemics -- The course of a pandemic -- The Black Death -- Cholera pandemics -- Stages of a pandemic -- Pandemic! -- The influenza pandemic, 1918-1919 -- HIV and AIDS -- Preventing a pandemic -- SARS -- Avian influenza -- Swine flu -- Ebola, the next pandemic? -- Zika.

"A discussion of pandemics, describing their characteristics, patterns of occurrence, and impacts. Features descriptions of significant pandemics and other disease outbreaks from history"--

Age 5-11.

ISBN: 9780716699385 0716699389

LCCN: 2017054264

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Epidemics--Juvenile literature.
Communicable diseases--Juvenile literature.

LC Class. No.: RA653.5 / .P365 2018

Dewey Class. No.: 614.4/9