01914nam 2200481 450 991083085190332120171108132944.01-68367-308-51-68367-086-81-68367-001-9(CKB)3710000001179513(MiAaPQ)EBC5042345(PPN)229787460(EXLCZ)99371000000117951320171018h20172017 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierThe power of plagues /Irwin W. Sherman, University of California at San DiegoSecond edition.Washington, District of Columbia :ASM Press,2017.©20171 online resource (503 pages) illustrations, maps1-68367-000-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.The nature of plagues -- Plagues, the price of being sedentary -- Six plagues of antiquity -- An ancient plague, the black death -- A 21st century plague, AIDS -- Typhus, a fever plague -- Malaria, another fever plague -- King cholera -- Smallpox, the spotted plague -- Preventing plagues: immunization -- The plague protectors: antisepsis to antibiotics -- The great pox syphilis -- The people's plague: tuberculosis -- Leprosy, the striking hand of God -- Six plagues of Africa -- Emerging and re-emerging plagues.Communicable diseasesHistoryEpidemicsHistoryDiseases and historyCommunicable diseasesHistory.EpidemicsHistory.Diseases and history.616.9Sherman Irwin W.870972MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910830851903321The power of plagues3986442UNINA