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Yount, Lisa

Epidemics

112 pp. | Lucent | September, 1999 | Library ISBN 1-56006-441-2 $$23.70
(3) YA Lucent Overview series. While Yount includes accounts of famous past epidemics and the history of epidemiology's development as a science, her emphasis is on the very real danger of present-day epidemics. Citing varied examples of plagues from every continent, this book explains the work of the CDC, WHO, and other agencies fighting serious infectious disease worldwide. The text is illustrated with black-and-white photos. Bib., glos., ind.
Reviewer: Gail Hedges

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