Biology of plagues : evidence from historical populations /
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Author / Creator: | Scott, Susan, 1953- |
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Imprint: | Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001. |
Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 420 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Language: | English |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11117468 |
Summary: | The threat of unstoppable plagues, such as AIDS and Ebola, is always with us. In Europe, the most devastating plagues were those from the Black Death pandemic in the 1300s to the Great Plague of London in 1665. For the last 100 years, it has been accepted that Yersinia pestis, the infective agent of bubonic plague, was responsible for these epidemics. This book combines modern concepts of epidemiology and molecular biology with computer-modelling. Applying these to the analysis of historical epidemics, the authors show that they were not, in fact, outbreaks of bubonic plague. Biology of Plagues offers a completely new interdisciplinary interpretation of the plagues of Europe and establishes them within a geographical, historical and demographic framework. This fascinating detective work will be of interest to readers in the social and biological sciences, and lessons learnt will underline the implications of historical plagues for modern-day epidemiology. |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 420 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 396-409) and index. |
ISBN: | 0511015992 9780511015991 0511175833 9780511175831 9780511542527 0511542526 9780511047596 0511047592 0511156510 9780511156519 1280430397 9781280430398 1107122686 9781107122680 0511325460 9780511325465 9786610430390 661043039X 9780521801508 0521801508 9780521017763 0521017769 |