A volume of capsule histories of fifty of the most virulent plagues, pandemics, and infectious diseases currently known to modern science cites the origins, symptoms, and effects of each while sharing complementary ratings for their outbreak potential and survival percentages.
A volume of capsule histories of fifty of the most virulent plagues, pandemics, and infectious diseases currently known to modern science cites the origins, symptoms, and effects of each while sharing complementary ratings for their outbreak potential and survival percentages. Original. 20,000 first printing.
As the world waits once again to see if the latest virus will decimate the population, The Little Black of Pandemics looks at the greatest natural killers of all time.
This concise and intelligent look at the most deadly viral and bacterial diseases includes expert opinion on likely future outbreaks, method of contagion, identification of systems, and likelihood of survival.
Includes influenza, smallpox, West Nile virus, AIDS, Ebola, SARS, plague, typhus, cholera, tuberculosis, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, leprosy, meningitis, vCJD, hepatitis, yellow fever, Lassa fever, and many more.
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