Hunting the 1918 Flu

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Edition: 1
Release: 2006-08-19
Publisher: University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
Binding: Paperback
ISBN/ASIN: 0802094562
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In 1918 the Spanish flu epidemic swept the world and killed an estimated 20 to 40 million people in just one year, more than the number that died during the four years of the First World War. To this day medical science has been at a loss to explain the Spanish flu's origin. Most virologists are convinced that sooner or later a similarly deadly flu virus will return with a vengeance; thus anything we can learn from the 1918 flu may save lives in a new epidemic.Responding to sustained interest in this medical mystery, Hunting the 1918 Flu presents a detailed account of Kirsty Duncan's experiences as she organized an international, multi-discipline scientific expedition to exhume the bodies of a group of Norwegian miners buried in Svalbard, all victims of the flu virus. Constant throughout is her determination to honour the Norwegian laws and the Svalbard customs that treat the dead and the living with respect - especially when a live virus, if unearthed, could kill millions. Another the Download Hunting the 1918 Flu for free via rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared, dropBox, uploading, fileserve

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Influenza 1918 Pdf Reviews

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Edition: 1
Release: 1999-03
Publisher: TV Books
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN/ASIN: 157500108X
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Flu: The Story of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Search for the Virus That Caused It

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Edition: First Edition
Release: 1999-11-19
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN/ASIN: 0374157065
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The fascinating, true story of the world's deadliest disease.

In 1918, the Great Flu Epidemic felled the young and healthy virtually overnight. An estimated forty million people died as the epidemic raged. Children were left orphaned and families were devastated. As many American soldiers were killed by the 1918 flu as were killed in battle during World War I. And no area of the globe was safe. Eskimos living in remote outposts in the frozen tundra were sickened and killed by the flu in such numbers that entire villages were wiped out.

Scientists have recently rediscovered shards of the flu virus frozen in Alaska and preserved in scraps of tissue in a government warehouse. Gina Kolata, an acclaimed reporter for The New York Times, unravels the mystery of this lethal virus with the high drama of a great adventure story. Delving into the history of the flu and previous epidemics, detailing the science and the latest understanding of this mortal disease, Kolata addresses the Download Flu for free via rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared, dropBox, uploading, fileserve

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