The pandemic century : one hundred years of panic, hysteria, and hubris /
Mark Honigsbaum.
- First edition.
- 450 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-419) and index.
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.
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.