Plagues, pox, and pestilence

By Richard Platt

Subjects: Animals as carriers of disease, Communicable diseases, Juvenile literature, Communicable diseases, juvenile literature, Transmission, Epidemics, History

Description: Provides a history of disease and pestilence as told from the point of view of the bugs and pests that caused them, from common diseases such as influenza, malaria and tuberculosis to such rare diseases as leprosy, cholera, and bubonic plague.