Little Book of Pandemics

by Peter Moore

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Profiles fifty deadly viral and bacterial diseases, including influenza, measles, gonorrhea, and salmonella; providing information on their origins, symptoms and effects, region of operation, historic outbreaks, and developments in treatment.

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meggyweg 1,128 reviews

This is a slim, interesting, easy to browse basic guide to pandemic diseases throughout the world. It doesn't go very in-depth, but it has plenty of information for its size and an interested party can always do further reading on any specific illness. The author lists a lot of websites in the back for a reader to check out too. One complaint: the book had more than its share of typos.

Aug 10, 2009

widdersyns 204 reviews

The information is pretty good. nothing new for me considering the number of books I've read about infectious diseases, but a good concise look.
The bars at the top of each entry are basically useless, though. He calls chicken pox "one of the most contagious diseases known to man" and then rates infectivity at less than a quarter of the bar. Similarly, tuberculosis is called "one of the most deadly" but the likelihood of dying is just a sliver of the bar. Really inconsistent with these on general.

Jul 19, 2020

SLHobbs 298 reviews

Good quick resource on the top bad-ass viruses, bacterium, etc that plague (lol) mankind. Well written with a bit of humor. Fun read

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