Living with Enza: the forgotten story of Britain and the great flu pandemic of 1918

By:

Honigsbaum, Mark

Publication details: Macmillan, 2009 New York:Description: xvii; 237p. hb; 20 cmISBN:

9780230217744

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DDC classification:

941 HON

Summary: Based on unpublished testimonies from flu survivors and the memoirs of doctors, soldiers and civil servants, this is the true stroy of Britain's 'forgotten' pandemic and the continuing scientific effort to unravel the secrets of the virus. For though the Great Flu has receded from public memory the threat of pandemic influenza has not gone away. Perhaps the next pandemic will come in 2012, or perhaps it will come sooner. Perhaps it will start in China, as several experts have been predicting for some years now, or perhaps the seat of the next outbreak will be Bangladesh. Whatever the case, we need to ready.

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Based on unpublished testimonies from flu survivors and the memoirs of doctors, soldiers and civil servants, this is the true stroy of Britain's 'forgotten' pandemic and the continuing scientific effort to unravel the secrets of the virus. For though the Great Flu has receded from public memory the threat of pandemic influenza has not gone away. Perhaps the next pandemic will come in 2012, or perhaps it will come sooner. Perhaps it will start in China, as several experts have been predicting for some years now, or perhaps the seat of the next outbreak will be Bangladesh. Whatever the case, we need to ready.

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