The pandemic century one hundred years of panic, hysteria, and hubris

• Main Author: Honigsbaum, Mark (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: New York W. W. Norton & Company 2020
• Edition: First edition
• Subjects: Epidemics > History > 20th century; Communicable diseases > History > 20th century
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Chronicles the last century of scientific struggle against deadly contagious disease--from the 1918 Spanish influenza pandemic to the recent SARS, Ebola and Zika epidemics--examining related epidemiological mysteries and the role of disease in exacerbating world conflicts

Table of Contents:

• Sharks and other predators
• The blue death
• Plague in the City of Angels
• The great parrot fever pandemic
• The "Philly killer"
• Legionnaires' redux
• AIDS in America, AIDS in Africa
• SARS: "super spreader"-- Ebola at the borders
• Z is for Zika
• Epilogue: The pandemic century.