Plague and pandemic alert!
Title:
Plague and pandemic alert!
Personal Author EPSB:
Summary:
Examines causes of outbreaks, how we predict and prevent contagion, and how to stay safe. Also lists historical diseases from the Black Plague to SARS and the organizations which developed to deal with them - the Red Cross, Center for Disease Control, and World Health Organization.
Year Published:
2005
Series:
Physical Description:
32 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 28 cm.
Note:
Includes index.
Contents:
Plagues of terror -- The science of plagues -- The life of a plague -- Famous plagues -- Plague warriors -- Ounce of prevention -- After a plague -- Living through a plague -- Disease trail.
Subject:
ISBN:
9780778716129
Publisher:
New York : Crabtree Publishing, c2005.
