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Ever since the 1918 Spanish influenza pandemic, scientists have dreamed of preventing catastrophic outbreaks of infectious disease. Yet, despite a century of medical progress, viral and bacterial disasters continue to take us by surprise, inciting panic and dominating news cycles.From pneumonic plague in LA and 'parrot fever' in Argentina to the more recent AIDS, SARS and Ebola epidemics, the last 100 years have been marked by a succession of unanticipated outbreaks and scares. Like man-eating s
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Honigsbaum, Mark
- Publisher
- C. Hurst and Company (Publishers) Limited
- Published
- 2019
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781787381216
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Medical, World, History
- Rating
- 4.6 / 5 (146 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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