The pandemic century : one hundred years of panic, hysteria, and hubris / Mark Honigsbaum.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Honigsbaum, Mark, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Epidemics--History--20th century.

Epidemics.

Communicable diseases--History--20th century.

Communicable diseases.

Pandemics--history.

History, 20th Century.

History, 21st Century.

History.

Medical Subjects:

Pandemics--history.

History, 20th Century.

History, 21st Century.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

450 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : W. W. Norton & Company, [2019]

Summary:

Chronicles the last century of scientific struggle against deadly contagious disease--from the 1918 Spanish influenza pandemic to the recent SARS, Ebola and Zika epidemics--examining related epidemiological mysteries and the role of disease in exacerbating world conflicts.

Contents:

Sharks and other predators

The blue death

Plague in the City of Angels

The great parrot fever pandemic

The "Philly killer"

Legionnaires' redux

AIDS in America, AIDS in Africa

SARS: "super spreader"

Ebola at the borders

Z is for Zika

Epilogue: The pandemic century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [375]-419) and index.

ISBN:

9780393254754

0393254755

OCLC:

1037811053