| Description |
xi, 373 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Note |
"A John Hope Franklin Center book"--P. [i]. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-351) and index. |
| Contents |
Imagined immunities: the epidemiology of belonging -- The healthy carrier: "Typhoid Mary" and social being -- Communicable Americanism: social contagion and urban spaces -- Viral cultures: microbes and politics in the Cold War -- "The Columbus of AIDS": the invention of "Patient Zero". |
| Subject |
Epidemics -- History.
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Emerging infectious diseases -- History.
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Communicable Diseases, Emerging -- history. |
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Disease Outbreaks -- history. |
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Carrier State. |
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Disease Transmission -- history. |
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Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice. |
| ISBN |
0822341530 (pbk.) |
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9780822341284 |
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082234128X |
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9780822341536 (pbk.) |
| Standard No. |
NLM 101312070 |
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NZ1 11612782 |
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