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by Susan Scott; Christopher J. Duncan

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The threat of unstoppable plagues, such as AIDS and Ebola, is always with us. In Europe, the most devastating plagues were those from the Black Death pandemic in the 1300s to the Great Plague of London in 1665. For the past 100 years it has been accepted that Yersinia pestis, the infective agent of bubonic plague, was responsible for these epidemics. This book combines modern concepts of epidemiology and molecular biology with computer-modeling. Applying these concepts to the analysis of historical epidemics, the authors show that they were not, in fact, outbreaks of bubonic plague. Biology of Plagues offers a completely new interdisciplinary interpretation of the plagues of Europe, and establishes them within a geographical, historical, and demographic framework. This fascinating detective work will be of interest to readers in the social and biological sciences, and lessons learned will underline the implications of historical plagues for modern-day epidemiology.

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We first became interested in plagues when studying the demography of northwest England (Duncan et al., 1992; Scott & Duncan, 1998), where an epidemic in the town of Penrith in 1597-98 killed some 40% of the population and initiated endogenous oscillations in the annual numbers of births and deaths.

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  • Title Biology of Plagues: Evidence from Historical Populations
  • Author Susan Scott; Christopher J. Duncan
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 436
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Cambridge University Press, CAMBRIDGE
  • Publication date 2001-03-29
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Maps
  • ISBN 9780521801508 / 0521801508
  • Weight 1.73 lbs (0.78 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.12 x 4.96 x 1.25 in (23.16 x 12.60 x 3.18 cm)
  • Category Medical / Nursing
  • Library of Congress subjects Plague, Epidemics
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 00063066
  • Dewey Decimal Code 614.494

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  • Choice, 09/01/2001, Page 155
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