The 1918 influenza pandemic
By: by Stephanie True Peters.
Series: Epidemic!
Publisher: Benchmark Books
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 69
Subjects: Influenza -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.; Epidemics -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Description: Describes the 1918 influenza pandemic, from how World War I soldiers spread the disease to recent scientific efforts to understand the virus that took between twenty and forty million lives worldwide.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 64-65) and index.
Table of contents: title: The forgotten pandemic; title: What is influenza?; title: The first wave; title: The second wave; title: Th end of the war and the flu; title: The search for the killer; title: Armed and ready.