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- 题名/责任者:
- Viral pandemics : from smallpox to COVID-19 / Rae-Ellen W. Kavey and Allison B. Kavey.
- 出版发行项:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.
- 出版发行项:
- ?2021
- ISBN:
- 9780367439644
- ISBN:
- 9780367439651
- 载体形态项:
- xiv, 374 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
- 其他载体形态:
- Online version: Kavey, Rae-Ellen W., Viral epidemics New York, NY : Routledge, 2020. 9781003006800
- 个人责任者:
- Kavey, Rae-Ellen W., author.
- 附加个人名称:
- Kavey, Allison, 1977- author.
- 论题主题:
- Virus diseases-History.
- 论题主题:
- Communicable diseases-History.
- 论题主题:
- Epidemics-History.
- 中图法分类号:
- R511
- 书目附注:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 内容附注:
- A brief Introduction to virology : preventing the unknown -- The smallpox story : gone but not forgotten -- Yellow fever : the jungle story -- The great influenza : a virus for all time -- Polio : the plague of summer -- HIV and AIDS : the never-ending story -- Out of nowhere : West Nile virus, SARS, Zika, and Ebola -- A way forward -- And now, as promised : the 2019 SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 pandemic.
- 摘要附注:
- "Written by a public health practitioner and a medical historian, Viral Epidemics explores the terrifying world of viruses as the cause of all acute pandemics since 1900, including the COVID-19 pandemic. The book illuminates the critical dual roles of viral biology and increasing global interconnectedness that have resulted in an escalating pandemic spiral. Viral Epidemics is the only book that provides a complete historical narrative focused on viral epidemics. This comprehensive survey is designed for students and scholars in biology, epidemiology, public health, global history, and the history of medicine, as well as being of interest to the general reader"--
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