The power of plagues - Sherman, Irwin W.; American Society for Microbiology (Washington, D.C. : ASM Press, 2006)
The nature of plagues -- Plagues, the price of being sedentary -- Six plagues of antiquity -- An ancient plague, the black death -- A modern plague, AIDS -- Typhus, a fever plague -- Malaria, another fever plague -- King cholera -- Smallpox, the spotted plague -- Preventing plagues -- The plague protectors -- The great pox syphilis -- The people's plague: tuberculosis -- Leprosy, the striking hand of God -- Six plagues of Africa -- Plagues without germs -- Plagues on order.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 405-419) and index.
Keywords: Communicable diseases -- History; Epidemics -- History; Diseases and history; Communicable Diseases -- history; Communicable Disease Control -- history; Disease Outbreaks -- history