TY  - BOOK
AU  - Walker, Richard,
TI  - Epidemics & plagues
SN  - 0753413760
AV  - RA653.5 .W35 2006
U1  - 614.4/9 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Boston, MA
PB  - Kingfisher
KW  - Epidemics
KW  - Juvenile literature
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Ch. 1 -- Death and disease: First epidemics -- Powerful pathogens -- Person to person -- Defence force -- Disease detectives -- Childhood scourges -- Bad eating -- Famine and blight -- Summary -- Ch. 2 Plagues and pestilence: Black Death -- Medieval sickness -- Great pox -- Vulnerable to attack -- Plague in London -- Summary -- Ch. 3 -- Old and new: White death -- Pandemic cholera -- Public health -- Endemic diseases -- Colds and flu -- Fatal flu -- Beating smallpox -- Germ warfare -- HIV -- Future epidemics -- Summary -- Glossary -- Index -- Acknowledgements
N2  - Plagues have been an ongoing feature of human history, and this addition to the award-winning KFK series places today's heightened interest in global health issues in a larger historical context. Using a mix of science and history, Epidemics & Plagues reveals how certain diseases become worldwide killers, and provides comprehensive answers to readers' most pressing questions. From the Black Death of thirteenth-century Europe, to AIDS, SARS, and avian influenza, Epidemics & Plagues peers through the microscope at the agents that cause the diseases and also uncovers the superstitions and drama surrounding them
UR  - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip068/2006005246.html
ER  -