Mapping Epidemics

by Hoff, Brent; Smith, Carter; Calisher, Charles H.; Calisher, Charles H.

• ISBN13: 9780531117132
• ISBN10: 0531117138
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-03-01
• Publisher: Franklin Watts

Summary

Epidemics have been affecting the course of history since way before the Black Death hit Europe in the Middle Ages. Using maps and graphs, this insightful book charts the course of these plagues, detailing not only their history but also their course and treatment. Arranged in alphabetical order, 35 dreaded diseases are charted, from polio and leprosy to AIDS and the Ebola virus.

Table of Contents

Introduction	6	(2)
A Glossary of Important Terms	8	(2)
Anthrax	10	(2)
Arboviral Encephalitides	12	(2)
Arenaviral Hemorrhagic Fevers	14	(2)
Cholera	16	(6)
Dengue/DHF	22	(2)
Diphtheria	24	(2)
Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever	26	(2)
Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome	28	(2)
Hemorrhagic Colitis (E. Coli O 157:H7 Infection)	30	(4)
Hepatitis	34	(4)
HIV/AIDS	38	(6)
Influenza	44	(4)
Legionnaire's Disease	48	(2)
Leprosy	50	(2)
Lyme Disease	52	(2)
Mad Cow Disease	54	(2)
Malaria	56	(4)
Measles	60	(4)
Meningitis	64	(2)
Monkeypox	66	(2)
Plague	68	(4)
Poliomyelitis	72	(4)
Rabies	76	(2)
Rift Valley Fever	78	(2)
Shigella Dysentery	80	(2)
Smallpox	82	(4)
Syphilis	86	(4)
Trypanosomiasis	90	(2)
Tuberculosis	92	(4)
Typhoid	96	(2)
Typhus	98	(2)
Yellow Fever	100	(4)
A Chronology of Infectious Disease	104	(4)
Index	108	(3)
For Further Reading/Internet Resources	111