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Explores four of the deadliest and most feared diseases in human history: plague, malaria, HIV/AIDS and influenza, examining each disease's impact on history and casting light on civilization's fragility and humanity's reaction.
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Grade 9 Up—These volumes provide in-depth looks at the origins of diseases and their paths throughout civilization and history. Because HIV/AIDS doesn't have the historical past of the other two illnesses, it emphasizes the impact of society's behaviors on the spread of the virus, the ability of the virus to mutate, and the other ailments that result from infection, as well as continued worldwide efforts to stop the spread. Malaria begins with an explanation of the development, the cycle, and conditions conducive to spreading the disease through a parasite, which is clarified with an accompanying illustration of the life cycle. The book continues with a chapter on the relationship of farming practices and land characteristics to the spread, and how the disease affected past civilizations. In Plague, Cunningham provides details of archaic medicinal practices and the eventual misuse of plague in biological warfare and research. Color, as well as black-and-white photos, illustrations, and diagrams with captions scattered throughout the books assist in the understanding of these well-written texts.—Susan Shaver, Hemingford Public Schools, NE
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- PublisherMorgan Reynolds Pub
- Publication date2009
- ISBN 10 1599351021
- ISBN 13 9781599351025
- BindingLibrary Binding
- Number of pages144
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