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Yellow fever : a deadly disease poised to kill again / James L. Dickerson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dickerson, James.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Yellow fever--History.
- Yellow fever.
- Yellow Fever--history.
- Communicable Diseases, Emerging.
- Yellow Fever--epidemiology.
- History.
- Medical Subjects:
- Yellow Fever--history.
- Communicable Diseases, Emerging.
- Yellow Fever--epidemiology.
- Physical Description:
- 271 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- Deadly disease poised to kill again
- Place of Publication:
- Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2006.
- Summary:
- A fascinating study of a once-terrifying pandemic that could reemerge with deadly virulence.
- Contents:
- Philadelphia: the great plague of 1793
- New Orleans: gateway to death
- Memphis almost disappears
- Mississippi devastated by yellow jack
- Spanish-American war: finding the real enemy
- Weapons of mass destruction
- Global warming casts ominous shadow
- The disease that won't go away.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-266) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1591023998
- OCLC:
- 62790014
- Publisher Number:
- 9781591023999
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