Influenza and Public Health Learning from Past Pandemics |
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| Editor:
| Craddock, Susan
Gunn, Jennifer
Giles-Vernick, Tamara |
| Series title: | The Earthscan Science in Society Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-84407-896-7 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2010 |
| Publisher: | Routledge
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $177.00 |
Book Description:
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Major influenza pandemics pose a constant threat. This book investigates past influenza pandemics in light of todays, so as to afford critical insights into possible transmission patterns, experiences, mistakes, and interventions. It explores several pandemics over the past century, from the infamous 1918 Spanish Influenza, the avian flu epidemic of 2003, and the novel H1N1 pandemic of 2009, to lesser-known outbreaks such as the 1889-90 influenza pandemic and the Hong Kong Flu of 1968.
Major influenza pandemics pose a constant threat. This book investigates past influenza pandemics in light of todays, so as to afford critical insights into possible transmission patterns, experiences, mistakes, and interventions. It explores several pandemics over the past century, from the infamous 1918 Spanish Influenza, the avian flu epidemic of 2003, and the novel H1N1 pandemic of 2009, to lesser-known outbreaks such as the 1889-90 influenza pandemic and the Hong Kong Flu of 1968.