Viral pandemics from smallpox to COVID-19
"Written by a public health practitioner and a medical historian, Viral Epidemics explores the terrifying world of viruses as the cause of all acute pandemics since 1900, including the COVID-19 pandemic. The book illuminates the critical dual roles of viral biology and increasing global interco...
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New York, NY
Routledge
2021
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Table of Contents:
- Chapter 1. A Brief introduction to virology: Preventing the unknown
- Chapter 2. The Smallpox Story: Gone but not Forgotten.
- Chapter 3. Yellow fever: the jungle story
- Chapter 4. The Great Influenza: A Virus for All Time
- Chapter 5. Polio: The Plague of Summer
- Chapter 6. HIV & AIDS: The Never Ending Story
- Chapter 7. Out of Nowhere: West Nile Virus, SARS, Zika, EBOLA
- Chapter 8: A WAY FORWARD
- Chapter 9: AND NOW, AS PROMISED: The 2019-nCoV/SARS-CoV2 PANDEMIC