Great American diseases : their effects on the course of North American history /

Great American Diseases: Their Effects on the Course of North American History presents medical history as it pertains to the major infectious diseases of North America. The book is designed to provide an interesting and engaging introduction to microbiology, immunology and epidemiology. With the ad...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Tizard, Ian R.
Formato: eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London, United Kingdom ; San Diego, CA : Academic Press, [2022]
Temas:
Epidemics > North America > History.
Medicine > North America > History.
M�edecine > Am�erique du Nord > Histoire.
�Epid�emies > Am�erique du Nord > Histoire.
Epidemics
Medicine
North America
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: How infectious diseases have shaped American History
  • 1. Infectious diseases and their causes
  • 2. Immunity and recovery from infectious diseases
  • 3. Diseases among the first inhabitants
  • 4. Tuberculosis
  • another ancient disease
  • 5. Syphilis and the Columbian exchange
  • 6. Malaria and the ague
  • 1492
  • 7. Smallpox
  • 1519: the first vaccines
  • 8. Measles
  • 1531: almost gone!
  • 9. Typhoid and typhus
  • 1607: smelly differences
  • 10. Yellow fever
  • 1647: mosquito-borne invader
  • 11. Cholera
  • 1832: a worldwide pandemic
  • 12. Poliomyelitis
  • 1841: the triumph of vaccination
  • 13. Infectious diseases and the Civil War
  • 14. Plague and San Francisco
  • 1900
  • 15. Influenza
  • 1918: a wartime pandemic
  • 16. A completely new disease: AIDS-1981
  • 17. Panic and neglect
  • 2000-2018
  • 18. COVID-19: not just another respiratory virus
  • 2020.

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