The power of plagues / / Irwin W. Sherman, University of California at San Diego
(Visualizza in formato marc)
(Visualizza in BIBFRAME)
| Autore: |
Sherman Irwin W.
|
| Titolo: |
The power of plagues / / Irwin W. Sherman, University of California at San Diego
|
| Pubblicazione: | Washington, District of Columbia : , : ASM Press, , 2017 |
| ©2017 | |
| Edizione: | Second edition. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (503 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Disciplina: | 616.9 |
| Soggetto topico: | Communicable diseases - History |
| Epidemics - History | |
| Diseases and history | |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The power of plagues |
| ISBN: | 1-68367-308-5 |
| 1-68367-086-8 | |
| 1-68367-001-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910830851903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |