Death in a Small Package A Short History of Anthrax |
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Author:
| Jones, Susan D. |
Series title: | Johns Hopkins Biographies of Disease Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-8018-9696-5 |
Publication Date: | Oct 2010 |
Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $31.00 |
Book Description:
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A disease of soil, animals, and people, anthrax has threatened lives for at least two thousand years. Farmers have long recognised its lasting virulence. In our time, anthrax has been associated with terrorism and warfare. What accounts for this frightening transformation? Death in a Small Package recounts how this ubiquitous agricultural disease ......
A disease of soil, animals, and people, anthrax has threatened lives for at least two thousand years. Farmers have long recognised its lasting virulence. In our time, anthrax has been associated with terrorism and warfare. What accounts for this frightening transformation? Death in a Small Package recounts how this ubiquitous agricultural disease ......