Viruses, Plagues, and History: Past, Present, and Future by Michael B. a. Oldstone

Viruses, Plagues, and History: Past, Present, and Future

Michael B. a. Oldstone

512 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction health history challenging informative medium-paced
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More people were killed by smallpox during the twentieth century--over 300 million--than by all of the wars of that period combined. In 1918 and 1919, influenza virus claimed over 50 million lives. A century later, influenza is poised to return, o...

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