The End of Plagues: The Global Battle Against Infectious Disease by John Rhodes

The End of Plagues: The Global Battle Against Infectious Disease

John Rhodes

256 pages first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction history science challenging informative slow-paced

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At the turn of the twentieth century, smallpox claimed the lives of two million people per year. By 1979, the disease had been eradicated and victory was declared across the globe. Yet the story of smallpox remains the exception, as today a host o...

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