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Great American diseases : their effects on the course of North American history / Ian R. Tizard, Jeffrey M.B. Musser.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Tizard, Ian R., author.
Musser, Jeffrey M. B., 1957- author.
Contributor:
ScienceDirect (Online service)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Epidemics--North America--History.
Epidemics.
Medicine--North America--History.
Medicine.
Physical Description:
1 online resource
Edition:
Second edition
Place of Publication:
London ; San Diego, CA : Academic Press, [2026]
Contents:
Introduction – How infectious diseases have shaped American history
Infectious diseases and their causes
Immunity and recovery from infectious diseases
Modern American vaccines
Diseases among the first inhabitants
Syphilis and the Columbian exchange
Tuberculosis—another ancient disease
Malaria—1492
Smallpox—1518
Measles—1537
Typhoid and typhus—1607
Yellow fever—1647
Cholera—1832
Poliomyelitis—1841
The Civil War—1861–1864
Plague and San Francisco—1900
Influenza—1918
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome—1981
Zoonotic diseases: rabies as a link between human and veterinary medicine
COVID-19—2020
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Electronic reproduction. Amsterdam Available via World Wide Web.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (ScienceDirect, viewed August 13, 2025)
Other Format:
Print version: Tizard, Ian R. Great American diseases
ISBN:
9780443314056
0443314055
Publisher Number:
40032899331
CIPO000226816
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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