Flu : the story of the great influenza pandemic of 1918 and the search for the virus that caused it...
Flu : the story of the great influenza pandemic of 1918 and the search for the virus that caused it...
Flu : the story of the great influenza pandemic of 1918 and the search for the virus that caused it / Gina Kolata.
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Publisher
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1999.
Date
1999.
Call Numbers
N614.5180904/1
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xi, 330 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Contents
1. The Plague Year -- 2. A History of Disease and Death -- 3. From Sailors to Swine -- 4. A Swedish Adventurer -- 5. Swine Flu -- 6. A Litigation Nightmare -- 7. John Dalton's Eyeballs -- 8. An Incident in Hong Kong -- 9. From Alaska to Norway -- 10. Mysteries and Hypotheses.
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Publisher
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1999.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
1999.
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Summary
"Scientists have recently discovered shards of the flu virus in human remains frozen in the Arctic tundra and in scraps of tissue preserved in a government warehouse. In Flu, Gina Kolata, reporter for The New York Times, unravels the mystery of this lethal virus with the high drama of a great adventure story. From Alaska to Norway, from the streets...
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Flu : the story of the great influenza pandemic of 1918 and the search for the virus that caused it / Gina Kolata.
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Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N614.5180904/1
Record Identifier
74VvWRZ3oAMM
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvWRZ3oAMM
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ISBN
0374157065 (alk. paper)
9780374157067 (alk. paper)
DDC
614.51809041
MMS ID
991011937639702626
