Flu : The Story of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Search for the Virus that Caused It

English

ISBN: 0743203984

EAN: 9780743203982

Category: Medical / History/Medical / Infectious Diseases/Science / Life Sciences / Biology / Microbiology/Medical / Epidemiology/

Publisher: Touchstone

Release Date: 12/29/2000

Synopsis: When we think of plagues, we think of AIDS, Ebola, anthrax spores, and, of course, the Black Death. But in 1918 the Great Flu Epidemic killed an estimated 40 million people virtually overnight. If such a plague returned today, taking a comparable percentage of the U.S. population with it, 1.5 million Americans would die.InFlu,Gina Kolata, an acclaimed reporter forThe New York Times,unravels the mystery of this lethal virus with the high drama of a great adventure story. From Alaska to Norway, from the streets of Hong Kong to the corridors of the White House, Kolata tracks the race to recover the live pathogen and probes the fear that has impelled government policy.A gripping work of science writing,Fluaddresses the prospects for a great epidemics recurrence and considers what can be done to prevent it.

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Flu : The Story of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Search for the Virus that Caused It

Illustrated: No

Format: Paperback

Height: 0.9 inches

Width: 5.5 inches

Length: 8.44 inches

Weight: 11.04 oz

Pages: 352