Biology of Plagues: Evidence from Historical Populations

by Susan Scott and Christopher J. Duncan

Book Overview

The threat of unstoppable plagues, such as AIDS and Ebola, is always with us. In Europe, the most devastating plagues were those from the Black Death pandemic in the 1300s to the Great Plague of London in 1665. For the last 100 years, it has been accepted that Yersinia pestis, the infective agent of bubonic plague, was responsible for these epidemics. This book combines modern concepts of epidemiology and molecular biology with computer-modelling...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521801508
• ISBN13: 9780521801508
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 436 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.0" x 9.1"