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Yellow fever : a deadly disease poised to kill again / James L. Dickerson.

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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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