Epidemics and pandemics [electronic resource] : real tales of deadly diseases / Judy Dodge Cummings.

Epidemics and pandemics: real tales of deadly diseases tells the tale of five of history's most critical contagions and the havoc these diseases wreaked across the globe, including the bubonic plague, yellow fever, smallpox, Spanish influenza, and AIDS. This nonfiction book for early middle schooler...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Mystery & mayhem.
Main Author: Cummings, Judy Dodge (Author)
Language:English
Published: White River Junction, VT : Nomad Press, a division of Nomad Comunications, 2018.
Series:Mystery & mayhem.
Subjects:
Epidemics > History > Juvenile literature.
Diseases and history > Juvenile literature.
Communicable diseases > History > Juvenile literature.
Plague > History > Juvenile literature.
Yellow fever > History > Juvenile literature.
Smallpox > History > Juvenile literature.
Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919 > History > Juvenile literature.
AIDS (Disease) > History > Juvenile literature.
Epidemics > History.
Diseases and history.
Communicable diseases > History.
Plague > History.
Yellow fever > History.
Smallpox > History.
Influenza Pandemic, 1918-1919.
AIDS (Disease) > History.
Genre:
Juvenile literature.
Online Access:
MasterFILE Reference eBook Collection: 2018 (EBSCO)
Science Reference eBook Collection: 2018 (EBSCO)
EBSCO eBooks: 2018 (EBSCO)
eBook K-8 Collection (EBSCOhost): 2018 (EBSCO)
eBook High School Collection (EBSCOhost): 2018 (EBSCO)
eBook Public Library Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2018 (EBSCO)
Variant Title:
Real tales of deadly diseases
Epidemics and Pandemics: Real Tales of Deadly Diseases
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • Bloodthirsty bacteria and venomous viruses
  • The great mortality: bubonic plague
  • Secret weapon: smallpox in the New World
  • Yellow fever threatens independence
  • Deadly traveler: The Spanish flu
  • The deadly mystery: AIDS
  • Glossary
  • Resources.