Viruses, plagues, and history /
Michael B.A. Oldstone.
- New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.
- xi, 211 p. : ill ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-206) and index.
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Traces the history of struggles to find the source and cure for smallpox, yellow fever, measles, and poliomyelitis, drawing from personal reports and letters of participants who saw the events firsthand; and discusses some of the viral diseases that remain out of control, including AIDS and Ebola.