Infectious Diseases: A Geographical Analysis: Emergence and Re-Emergence

Contributor(s): Cliff, A D (Author), Smallman-Raynor, M R (Author), Haggett, P (Author), Stroup, D F (Author), Thacker, S B (Author)

ISBN: 9780199244737

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Hardcover

$340.00

Pub Date: September 28, 2009

Dewey: 614.42

LCCN: 2009928980

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 1.69" H x 9.21" L x 6.14" W ( 2.84 lbs) 800 pages

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Series: Oxford Geographical and Environmental Studies

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Description: This book is a world geography of emerging diseases from antiquity to the present day. The last four decades of human history have seen the emergence of an unprecedented number of 'new' infectious diseases. This book looks at the epidemiological and geographical conditions which underpin disease emergence.

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