Smallpox in the New World

By Peters, Stephanie True

Publishers Summary:
Describes the history of smallpox in the Americas, covering the arrival of the Spanish as carriers, its spread throughout the New World, the development of the smallpox vaccine, the elimination of the disease, and its potential use as a terrorist weapon.

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ISBN
978-0-76141-637-1
Publisher
New York : Benchmark Books, c2005.


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School Library Journal

Reviewed on February 1, 2005

Gr 5-9 Offering riveting information on frightening epidemics, these attractive volumes are exemplary information sources. Each one begins with a discussion of the cause of the disease and the infection process. Subsequent chapters then treat its history and search for a cure, the course it took during a particular time and in a particular place (the United States between 1900 and the early 1960s in "Polio", worldwide in 1918-1919 in "Influe...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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