The world's deadliest epidemics : 101 amazing facts / Jack Goldstein & Frankie Taylor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goldstein, Jack, author.

Taylor, Frankie, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Epidemics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (47 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Luton, England] : Acorn Books, 2016.

Summary:

For as long as humans have lived on this earth, nature has done its very best to rid the planet of us. This book not only looks back at a number of times in recorded history where the future of our very existence was put in jeopardy, but also asks whether we could survive a resurgence of these pandemics… or even an entirely new as-yet undetected threat. From the plague of Justinian, through the Black Death and Spanish flu, to the Asian Flu 1956 - 1958, and to the 2015/16 Zika outbreak, the authors explore how each epidemic began, spread, and threatened to wipe us out. Although at times it may be a scary read, this fascinating book takes the reader on an unmissable journey through some of the darkest and most worrying threats to mankind.

Contents:

Introduction

The Epidemics

The Plague of Justinian

The Black Death

The Mexican Population Collapse

The Great Dying

The Great Plague of London

Cholera

The 1918 Flu Pandemic

The 1957/1958 Asian Flu

HIV &amp

AIDS

The West African Ebola Epidemic

The 2015/16 Zika Virus Outbreak

Conclusion

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 28, 2016).

ISBN:

1-78538-549-6