Viral epidemics : from influenza to ebola and COVID-19 / Rae-Ellen W. Kavey and Allison B. Kavey.
By: Kavey, Rae-Ellen W [author.].
Contributor(s): Kavey, Allison [author.].
Publisher: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, ©2020Description: 374 p.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780367439651.Subject(s): Communicable diseases -- History | Virus diseases -- History | Epidemics -- HistoryGenre/Form: Print books.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| RA643 .E4643 2014 Emerging infectious diseases : clinical case studies / | RA643 .E65 2015 Epidemiology and prevention of vaccine-preventable diseases / | RA643 .I54 2017 Infectious diseases : a geographic guide / | RA643 .K393 2020 Viral epidemics : from influenza to ebola and COVID-19 / | RA643 .L43 2013 Deadly outbreaks : how medical detectives save lives threatened by killer pandemics, exotic viruses, and drug-resistant parasites / | RA643 .M335 2017 Major infectious diseases / | RA643 .M38 2017 Foundations of infection control and prevention / |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 -- FIGHTING THE INVISIBLE -- Chapter 4. The Great Influenza: A Virus for All Time -- Chapter 5. Polio: The Plague of Summer. -- JUMPING ACROSS: ANIMAL TO HUMAN DISEASE -- 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
"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 interconnectedness that have resulted in an escalating pandemic spiral. Viral Epidemics is the only book that provides a complete historical narrative focused on viral epidemics. This comprehensive survey is designed for students and scholars in biology, epidemiology, public health, global history, and the history of medicine, as well as being of interest to the general reader"--