Notes

Epidemics and plagues 63 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps "Plus websites and further reading, career paths, and places to visit"--Cover Table of contents includes: Death and disease: First epidemics

Powerful pathogens

Person to person

Body defences

Disease detectives

Childhood diseases

Bad eating

Famine and blight

Plagues and pestilence: The Black Death

Medieval sickness

The great pox

Vulnerable to attack

Plague in London

Old and new: White death

Pandemic cholera

Public health

Endemic diseases

Colds and flu

Fatal flu

Beating smallpox

Germ warfare

HIV and AIDS

Future epidemics
Summary:
Provides information about major epidemics and plagues of past eras and furnishes some information about current and potential infectious threats. Looks at recent medical and scientific advances, including the surveillance, control, prevention, and treatment of infectious diseases