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"Scientists have recently discovered shards of the flu virus in human remains frozen in the Arctic tundra and in scraps of tissue preserved in a government warehouse. In Flu, Gina Kolata, reporter for The New York Times, unravels the mystery of this lethal virus with the high drama of a great adventure story. From Alaska to Norway, from the streets of Hong Kong to the corridors of the White House, Kolata tracks the race to recover the live pathogen and probes the fear that has impelled government policy.
She delves into the history of the flu and previous epidemics, profiles the experts hot on the trail and the amateurs woefully misguided, and details the science and the latest understanding of this mortal disease."--BOOK JACKET.
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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, researchTimes
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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
2001, 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
1999, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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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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