When the plague came, on those chilly days of autumn, some said it was a terrible new weapon of war.
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Flu
the story of the great influenza pandemic of 1918 and the search for the virus that caused it
1st Touchstone ed.
by Gina Kolata, Gina Kolata, and Yaʻel Zisḳind-Ḳeler
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The fascinating, true story of the world's deadliest disease. In 1918, the Great Flu Epidemic felled the young and healthy virtually overnight. An estimated forty million people died as the epidemic raged. Children were left orphaned and families were devastated. As many American soldiers were killed by the 1918 flu as were killed in battle during World War I. And no area of the globe was safe. Eskimos living in remote outposts in the frozen tundra were sickened and killed by the flu in such numbers that entire villages were wiped out. Scientists have recently rediscovered shards of the flu virus frozen in Alaska and preserved in scraps of tissue in a government warehouse. The author unravels the mystery of this lethal virus with the high drama of a great adventure story. Delving into the history of the flu and previous epidemics, detailing the science and the latest understanding of this mortal disease, she addresses the prospects for a great epidemic recurring, and, most important, what can be done to prevent it.
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Influenza, History, Grippe humaine, Disease Outbreaks, E pide mies, Etiologie (geneeskunde), Pandemie, Histoire, Influenza Epidemic (1918-1919) fast (OCoLC)fst01754995, Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919, Epidemiology, Flambe es e pide miques, Grippe, Human Influenza, Communicable diseases, Medicine, history, Epidemics, Virology, research, New York Times reviewedTimes
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Flu: the story of the great influenza pandemic of 1918 and the search for the virus that caused it
2005, Simon & Schuster
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Flu: The Story of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Search for the Virus That Caused It
May 2000, Thorndike Press
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Flu: The Story of the Great Influenza Pandmic of 1918 and the Search for the Virus That Caused It
2000, Farrar Straus Giroux
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Flu: the story of the great influenza pandemic of 1918 and the search for the virus that caused it
2000, G.K. Hall
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FLU: the story of the great influenza pandemic of 1918 and the search for the virus that caused it
1999, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
in English
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Book Details
Table of Contents
Prologue
1. The plague year
2. A history of disease and death
3. From sailors to swine
4. A Swedish adventurer
5. Swine flu
6. A litigation nightmare
7. John Dalton's eyeballs
8. An incident in Hong Kong
9. From Alaska to Norway
10. Mysteries and hypotheses
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index.
Edition Notes
"With a new epilogue about avian flu!--Cover.
"Text copyright 1999; Epilogue copyright 2005"--T.p. verso.
"A Touchstone book."
Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-320) and index.
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