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Great American diseases : their effects on the course of North American history / Ian R. Tizard, Jeffrey M.B. Musser.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tizard, Ian R., author.
- Musser, Jeffrey M. B., 1957- author.
- 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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