A geography of infection : spatial processes and patterns in epidemics and pandemics / Matthew R. Smallman-Raynor [and three others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smallman-Raynor, Matthew R., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Epidemics.

Medical geography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 pages)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, [2022]

Summary:

Despite advances in modern medicine, the power of plagues to terrify, disrupt and bring huge swings in morbidity and mortality in their wake remains potent. A Geography of Infection explores the spatial mechanisms by which infectious diseases, such as measles and influenza, can develop into epidemics and pandemics.

Contents:

1. Epidemics as Diffusion Waves

2. Epidemics in Small Communities

3. Global Origins and Dispersals

4. Pandemics, I: Pandemics in History

5. Pandemics, II: COVID-19

6. Infectious Disease Control.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-266452-2

0-19-194374-6

0-19-266451-4