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Hunting the 1918 flu : one scientist's search for a killer virus / Kirsty Duncan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Duncan, Kirsty.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Influenza--History--20th century.
- Influenza.
- Influenza--Epidemiology.
- Epidemiology--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Epidemiology.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 297 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, [2003]
- Contents:
- Introduction: A Deadly Killer 3
- 1 The Spanish Influenza of 1918 6
- Part 1 An Evolving Team
- 2 The Quest, 1992-1994 25
- 3 Beneath the Crosses, 1994-May 1996 42
- 4 First Permission, First Workshop, May-August 1996 54
- 5 Archival Samples? CDC Withdraws, August 1996-June 1997 65
- Part 2 Ground Penetrating Radar
- 6 New Members and GPR Preparations, June-October 1997 89
- 7 Through the Ground Darkly, October 1997 102
- Part 3 Wrestling with Demons
- 8 Live Virus? October 1997-January 1998 113
- 9 Mill Hill Meeting, February 1998 123
- 10 Is It Safe? February-April 1998 139
- 11 Scientific Plan, April-June 1998 148
- 12 High Stakes, April-August 1998 159
- 13 Public Relations Plan, May-July 1998 166
- 14 Money Wars, May-August 1998 177
- Part 4 Exhumations
- 15 Face to Face, 16 August-5 September 1998 191
- Part 5 Decoding the Virus
- 16 Waiting for Results, November 1998-October 1999 229
- 17 Fighting for Norway, Fighting for Canada, 11-16 November 1999 243
- 18 Sharing Samples? November 1999-November 2000 262
- Conclusion: Promises Kept 277
- Epilogue: Update 283.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0802087485 :
- OCLC:
- 51041517
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