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Auteur(s) : Honigsbaum, Mark (1960-....)
Titre(s) : The pandemic century [Texte imprimé] : one hundred years of panic, hysteria and hubris / Mark Honigsbaum
Publication : London : Hurst & company, copyright 2019
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XIX-334 p.) ; 25 cm
Note(s) : Notes bibliogr. Index
Ever since the 1918 Spanish influenza pandemic, scientists have dreamed of preventing
catastrophic outbreaks of infectious disease. Yet, despite a century of medical progress,
viral and bacterial disasters continue to take us by surprise, inciting panic and
dominating news cycles. From pneumonic plague in LA and `parrot fever' in Argentina
to the more recent AIDS, SARS and Ebola epidemics, the last 100 years have been marked
by a succession of unanticipated outbreaks and scares. Like man-eating sharks, predatory
pathogens are always present in nature, waiting to strike; when one is seemingly vanquished,
others appear in its place. The Pandemic Century exposes the limits of science against
nature, and how these crises are shaped by humans as much as microbes
Sujet(s) : Épidémies -- 20e siècle
Indice(s) Dewey : 614.409 (23e éd.) = Incidence de la maladie et mesures publiques de prévention - Histoire
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 1787381218. - ISBN 9781787381216 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb465305036
Notice n° :
FRBNF46530503
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