World epidemics
Subtitle: a cultural chronology of disease from prehistory to the era of Zika
By: Mary Ellen Snodgrass
Edition: Second edition.
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 415
ISBN-13: 9781476671246
Subjects: Epidemics; History
Description: "In its expanded second edition, this chronology examines the effects of epidemic illness and death on human culture from 2700 BCE to 2017. Entries summarize incidents of contagion across the globe, including symptoms, treatment, prevention and demographics, as well as biographical information on notable people who identified and battled disease"--
Notes: Revised edition of: World epidemics : a cultural chronology of disease from prehistory to the era of SARS. c2003.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 344-365) and index.