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The plague cycle : the unending war between humanity and infectious disease / Charles Kenny.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Kenny, Charles, author.
Contributor:
ProQuest ebook central.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Epidemics--History.
Epidemics.
History.
Communicable diseases--History.
Communicable diseases.
Diseases and history--Sociological aspects.
Diseases and history.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xiv, 304 pages) : illustrations
polychrome
Edition:
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Place of Publication:
New York : Scribner, 2021.
System Details:
text file
Contents:
Malthus's ultimate weapon
Civilization and the rise of infection
Trade merges disease pools
Pestilence conquers
The exclusion instinct
Cleaning up
Salvation by needle
It's good to get closer
The revenge of infection?
Abusing our best defenses
Flattening the plague cycle
Conclusion : humanity's greatest victory.
Notes:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
Print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Other Format:
Print version: Kenny, Charles. Plague cycle.
ISBN:
9781982165352
1982165359
Publisher Number:
40030514145
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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