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Pandemics / Kevin Cunningham.

Summary:

Describes pandemics, including flu, polio, and AIDS, that have occurred in the past, explains how infectious diseases spread, and explores the ways these diseases can be prevented or controlled.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780531254233 (lib. bdg.)
  • ISBN: 0531254232 (lib. bdg.)
  • ISBN: 9780531266281 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 0531266281 (pbk.)
  • Physical Description: 48 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
  • Publisher: New York : Children's Press, 2012.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 44-45) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Smallpox: pandemic conquest -- Cholera: in the water -- Plague: worldwide killer -- Two sides of technology -- Influenza: Spanish flu -- HIV / AIDS: modern pandemic.
Subject: Epidemics > Juvenile literature.
Communicable diseases > Juvenile literature.


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