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Death in a small package : a short history of anthrax / Susan D. Jones.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jones, Susan D., 1964-
- Series:
- Johns Hopkins biographies of disease
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Anthrax--History.
- Anthrax.
- Biological weapons--History.
- Biological weapons.
- Anthrax--history.
- Biological Warfare Agents--history.
- History.
- Medical Subjects:
- Anthrax--history.
- Biological Warfare Agents--history.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 329 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010.
- Contents:
- Infectivity and fear : charbon and the cursed fields
- Availability : understanding the germ of anthrax
- Transmission : anthrax enters the factory
- Casualty effectiveness : war and anthrax
- Resistance : anthrax, the modern laboratory, and the environment
- Detection and verification : the weapon and the disease
- Epilogue stories about anthrax.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780801896965
- 0801896967
- OCLC:
- 489623184
- Publisher Number:
- 99939891477
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