Epidemics [electronic resource] : the story of South Africa's five most lethal human diseases / Howard Phillips.
Material type: TextSeries: Ohio short histories of Africa | UPCC book collections on Project MUSEPublication details: Athens : Ohio University Press, 2012. 2015)Description: 1 online resource (156 p.)ISBN:- 9780821444429
- 0821444425
- 614.4968 23
"First published as Plague, Pox and Pandemics by Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd in 2012."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Smallpox, 1713/1893: 'There are no people left, only stones' -- Plague, 1901/1907: 'The dreaded disorder' -- Spanish flu, 1918/1919: 'It threatens the existence of the entire race' -- Poliomyelitis, 1918/1963: 'The middle-class plague' -- HIV/AIDS, 1982/ : 'A catastrophe in slow motion' -- Conclusion.
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