Death in a small package : a short history of anthrax /
A disease of soil, animals, and people, anthrax has threatened lives for at least two thousand years. Farmers have long recognized its lasting virulence, but in our time, anthrax has been associated with terrorism and warfare. What accounts for this frightening transformation? Death in a Small Packa...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Baltimore :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
[2010]
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Colección: | Johns Hopkins biographies of disease.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | A disease of soil, animals, and people, anthrax has threatened lives for at least two thousand years. Farmers have long recognized its lasting virulence, but in our time, anthrax has been associated with terrorism and warfare. What accounts for this frightening transformation? Death in a Small Package recounts how this ubiquitous agricultural disease came to be one of the deadliest and most feared biological weapons in the world. --from publisher description. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xviii, 329 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-323) and index. |
ISBN: | 9781421402529 1421402521 |