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614.4 --- 616.9 --- History of medicine --- Infectious diseases --- Medicine and society --- Microbiology --- 20th century --- Bacteriology, virology, serology, immunology --- Infectious diseases. --- Medicine and society. --- 20th century. --- Bacteriology, virology, serology, immunology. --- 610 --- geneeskunde geschiedenis --- epidemie --- virus --- besmettelijke ziekte --- gezondheid --- santé

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The fascinating, true story of the world's deadliest disease. In 1918, the Great Flu Epidemic felled the young and healthy virtually overnight. An estimated forty million people died as the epidemic raged. Children were left orphaned and families were devastated. As many American soldiers were killed by the 1918 flu as were killed in battle during World War I. And no area of the globe was safe. Eskimos living in remote outposts in the frozen tundra were sickened and killed by the flu in such numbers that entire villages were wiped out. Scientists have recently rediscovered shards of the flu virus frozen in Alaska and preserved in scraps of tissue in a government warehouse. Gina Kolata, an acclaimed reporter for 'The New York Times', unravels the mystery of this lethal virus with the high drama of a great adventure story. Delving into the history of the flu and previous epidemics, detailing the science and the latest understanding of this mortal disease, Kolata addresses the prospects for a great epidemic recurring, and, most important, what can be done to prevent it.

Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919. --- Influenza --- History --- 20th century --- Influenza - History - 20th century.

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