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Author Kolata, Gina Bari, 1948-

Title Flu : the story of the great influenza pandemic of 1918 and the search for the virus that caused it / Gina Kolata.

Imprint New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1999.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  614.5210904 K83f 1999    ---  Available
Edition 1st ed.
Description xi, 330 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Ch. 1. The plague year -- Ch. 2. A history of disease and death -- Ch. 3. From sailors to swine -- Ch. 4. A Swedish adventurer -- Ch. 5. Swine flu -- Ch. 6. A litigation nightmare -- Ch. 7. John Dalton's eyeballs -- Ch. 8. An incident in Hong Kong -- Ch. 9. From Alaska to Norway -- Ch. 10. Mysteries and hypotheses.
Subject Influenza -- History -- 20th century.
Influenza, Human -- epidemiology.
Disease Outbreaks -- history.
Influenza, Human -- history.
ISBN 0965043266 (pbk)
0374157065 (alk. paper)
Standard No. NLC 000086541
NLM 100910163
NLGGC 185127053

 
    
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