epidemics

Discusses three known disease carriers, fleas, lice, and mosquitoes, and epidemics which they have caused.

A comprehensive overview of pandemics and their influence on global health that examines major types of infectious agents and modes of transmission, worldwide pandemics and attempts to control them, recent outbreaks and methods of fighting them, and other related topics.

During the fourteenth century, Europe was attacked by a pestilence known as the Black Death. Highly contagious and usually fatal, the Black Death swept through much of the continent in waves, killing up to a third of the population and dramatically changing the way the survivors lived their lives and thought about the world.

A collection of eleven controversial essays that debate issues associated with the threat of infectious diseases such as AIDS and the Avian Flu.

Presents an introduction to the AIDS epidemic, including information on what it is, how it spreads, and providing accounts from those who have it. Includes an explanation of how science and education are trying to put an end to the disease.

Contains twelve essays and documents that provide information about various aspects of epidemics, examining the science of epidemics, looking at five devastating plagues, and discussing prevention and control.

Presents a comprehensive encyclopedia of over 720 infectious diseases from the ancient Philistine plague of the eleventh century to the modern SARS and Bird Flu outbreaks; and provides details on when and where they began, how and why it happened, and how it was treated.

Profiles fifty deadly viral and bacterial diseases, including influenza, measles, gonorrhea, and salmonella; providing information on their origins, symptoms and effects, region of operation, historic outbreaks, and developments in treatment.

Presents an examination of the threat of microbial disease and outbreak, and provides discussion of the impact of globalization and population growth on the possibility of a large scale biological event.

Presents a collection of articles from key publications that provides an understanding of the history of global epidemics including AIDS, smallpox, and the Black Death; and describes the various methods used to combat the spread of these diseases.