Honigsbaum, Mark,

The pandemic century : one hundred years of panic, hysteria, and hubris / Mark Honigsbaum. - First edition. - 450 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-419) and index.

Sharks and other predators -- The blue death -- Plague in the City of Angels -- The great parrot fever pandemic -- The "Philly killer" -- Legionnaires' redux -- AIDS in America, AIDS in Africa -- SARS: "super spreader"-- Ebola at the borders -- Z is for Zika -- Epilogue: The pandemic century.

Chronicles the last century of scientific struggle against deadly contagious disease--from the 1918 Spanish influenza pandemic to the recent SARS, Ebola and Zika epidemics--examining related epidemiological mysteries and the role of disease in exacerbating world conflicts.

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Epidemics--History--20th century.
Communicable diseases--History--20th century.
Pandemics--history.
History, 20th Century.
History, 21st Century.

RA650.5 / H665 2019