Book ID: CBB000930422

Plagues & Poxes: The Impact of Human History on Epidemic Disease. (2004)

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Bollet, Alfred Jay (Author)


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Publication Date: 2004
Edition Details: 2nd ed. (Originally published in 1987.)
Physical Details: xii + 237 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English

Description This edition discusses new diseases such as AIDS and the deliberate modification and weaponization of diseases such as anthrax, affecting how we perceive infectious disease.


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Review Ambrose, C. T. (2006) Review of "Plagues & Poxes: The Impact of Human History on Epidemic Disease.". Canadian Bulletin of Medical History/Bulletin Canadienne d'Histoire de la Medecine (p. 272). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Rubini, Mauro
Dellù, Elena
Gozzi, Alessandro
Zaio, Paola
Libianchi, Nunzia
Pépin, Jacques
Concepts
Epidemics
Infectious diseases
Disease and diseases
Medicine
AIDS (disease); HIV / AIDS
Public health
Time Periods
20th century, late
20th century
19th century
21st century
Early modern
20th century, early
Places
United States
South Africa
Europe
Democratic Republic of the Congo
England
Valencia (Spain)
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