Yellow Fever: A Worldwide History

by J.E. Gessler and S.L. Kotar

The terror of yellow fever conjures images of mass infection of soldiers during the Spanish-American War and horrific death tolls among workers on the Panama Canal. Medical science has never found a cure and the disease continues to present a threat to the modern world, both as a mosquito-borne epidemic and as a potential biological weapon. Drawing on firsthand accounts and contemporary sources, this book traces the history of the viral infection...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786479191
• ISBN13: 9780786479191
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 456 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.9" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher