Influenza:a century of science and public health response
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Published: |
University of Pittsburgh Press,
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Publisher Address: | Pittsburgh, Pa. |
Publication Dates: | c2012. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | viii, 285 p.: ; 23 cm. |
ISBN: |
9780822961895 (pbk. : alk. paper) 082296189X (pbk. : alk. paper) |
Index Number: | R511 |
CLC: | R511.7 |
Call Number: | R511.7/D322-1 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-278) and index. Ch. 1 Influenza: Virus and history -- ch. 2 The forgotten pandemic remembered -- ch. 3 Breakthroughs -- ch. 4 Setbacks -- ch. 5 The forecast calls for pandemics -- ch. 6 "Chance favors the prepared mind" -- ch. 7 An act of will -- ch. 8 A different interpretation emerges -- ch. 9 WHO decides -- ch. 10 A program begins and ends and an epidemic appears -- ch. 11 The continuing lessons of influenza's history. |