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- 020 __ |a 9780367439644 |q (hardback)
- 020 __ |a 9780367439651 |q (paperback)
- 020 __ |z 9781003006800 |q (ebook)
- 040 __ |a DLC |b eng |e rda |c DLC |d AS
- 050 00 |a RA643 |b .K393 2021
- 099 __ |a CAL 022021003456
- 100 1_ |a Kavey, Rae-Ellen W., |e author.
- 245 10 |a Viral pandemics : |b from smallpox to COVID-19 / |c Rae-Ellen W. Kavey and Allison B. Kavey.
- 264 _1 |a Abingdon, Oxon ; |a New York, NY : |b Routledge, |c 2021.
- 300 __ |a xiv, 374 pages : |b illustrations, maps ; |c 24 cm.
- 336 __ |a text |b txt |2 rdacontent.
- 337 __ |a unmediated |b n |2 rdamedia.
- 338 __ |a volume |b nc |2 rdacarrier.
- 504 __ |a Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 505 0_ |a 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.
- 520 __ |a "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"-- |c Provided by publisher.
- 650 _0 |a Virus diseases |x History.
- 650 _0 |a Communicable diseases |x History.
- 650 _0 |a Epidemics |x History.
- 700 1_ |a Kavey, Allison, |d 1977- |e author.
- 776 08 |i Online version: |a Kavey, Rae-Ellen W., |t Viral epidemics |d New York, NY : Routledge, 2020. |z 9781003006800 |w (DLC) 2020015114.