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Encyclopedia of plague and pestilence : from ancient times to the present

Tracing the history of infectious diseases from the Philistine plague of 11th century BCE to recent SARS and avian flu scares, this volume provides descriptions of more than 700 epidemics, listed alphabetically by location of the outbreak

Print Book, English, ©2008
3rd ed
Facts on File, New York, ©2008