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" Return of the Black Death : "
Susan Scott and Christopher Duncan.
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BL
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1007072
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b761442
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Scott, Susan,1953-
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Return of the Black Death : : the world's greatest serial killer /\ Susan Scott and Christopher Duncan.
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Chichester ;Hoboken, NJ :: Wiley,, 2004.
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1 online resource (viii, 310 pages) :: illustrations, maps
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0470090022
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: 1280268948
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: 9780470090022
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: 9781280268946
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0470090006
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0470090014
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9780470090008
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9780470090015
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-303) and index.
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| Contents
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Return of the Black Death; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1 Birth of a Serial Killer; Chapter 2 The Black Death Crosses the Channel; Chapter 3 After the Black Death: The French Connection; Chapter 4 Tentacles of the Plague; Chapter 5 England under Siege; Chapter 6 Portrait of an Epidemic; Chapter 7 The Great Plague of London; Chapter 8 How Bugs and Germs Operate; Chapter 9 Building an Identikit of the Killer; Chapter 10 Debunking History; Chapter 11 The Biology of Bubonic Plague: A Myth Revisited; Chapter 12 DNA Analysis: A Red Herring.
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If the twenty-first century seems an unlikely stage for the return of a 14th-century killer, the authors of Return of the Black Death argue that the plague, which vanquished half of Europe, has only lain dormant, waiting to emerge again-perhaps, in another form. At the heart of their chilling scenario is their contention that the plague was spread by direct human contact (not from rat fleas) and was, in fact, a virus perhaps similar to AIDS and Ebola. Noting the periodic occurrence of plagues throughout history, the authors predict its inevitable re-emergence sometime in the future, transforme.
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Black Death-- Etiology.
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Black Death-- History.
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Plague-- Etiology.
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Plague-- History.
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Black Death.
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MEDICAL-- Forensic Medicine.
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MEDICAL-- Preventive Medicine.
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MEDICAL-- Public Health.
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Plague.
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Hemorrhagic Fevers, Viral-- epidemiology.
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Hemorrhagic Fevers, Viral-- history.
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Disease Outbreaks-- history.
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Plague-- epidemiology.
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Plague-- history.
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| Dewey Classification
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614.5/732
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RC171.S36 2004eb
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WC 534S429r 2004
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Duncan, C. J., (Christopher John)
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