Viruses, plagues, and history / Michael B.A. Oldstone.

By:

Oldstone, Michael B. A

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1998Description: xi, 227 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cmISBN:

0195117239 (cloth : acidfree paper)
0195134222
0195134222 (pbk.)

DDC classification:

614.5/7 21
614.57 21

LOC classification:

RC114.5 .O37 1998

Subject: Nearly 300 million people were killed by smallpox over the course of the twentieth century. During the years 1918 and 1919, a deadly variant of the influenza strain claimed over 20 million lives. And today we face new viral threats: mad cow disease, the Hantavirus, and, of course, AIDS. As Michael Oldstone illustrates here, the story of viruses and the story of humanity have overlapped since the dawn of history; the first cities formed not only the cradle of civilization, but spawning grounds for the earliest viral epidemics.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nearly 300 million people were killed by smallpox over the course of the twentieth century. During the years 1918 and 1919, a deadly variant of the influenza strain claimed over 20 million lives. And today we face new viral threats: mad cow disease, the Hantavirus, and, of course, AIDS. As Michael Oldstone illustrates here, the story of viruses and the story of humanity have overlapped since the dawn of history; the first cities formed not only the cradle of civilization, but spawning grounds for the earliest viral epidemics.

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