Invisible enemies
Subtitle: stories of infectious disease
By: Jeanette Farrell.
Edition: 2nd edition.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Number of pages: 259
Subjects: Communicable diseases -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Description: The story of man's fight against seven major dangerous diseases.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Smallpox: of scars, scabs, orphans, and spotty cows; title: Leprosy: misnamed, misunderstood; title: Plague: from Prairie Dogs to people; title: Tuberculosis: the return of the slow killer; title: Malaria: the unbeatable team of parasite and mosquito; title: Cholera: death from the town pump; title: AIDS: a plague is born.