AIDS and Other Killer Viruses and Pandemics

The 1918 influenza pandemic. The Polio scourge. The AIDS epidemic. The Ebola and Zika outbreaks. Modern history has seen numerous deadly viruses and pandemics that have harmed or killed hundreds of millions of people. And the history is ongoing. The world is facing antibiotic-resistant "superbugs" and infectious diseases tied to climate change, and our previously reliable medicines and treatments no longer always work. What causes these outbreaks,...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1534501398
• ISBN13: 9781534501393
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: Greenhaven Publishing
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 14 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 9 to 12