Phantom plague : how tuberculosis shaped history /
"In Phantom Plague, health reporter Vidya Krishnan traces tuberculosis's social and scientific impacts on society throughout history and then brings us into the future with original reporting on the threat of multidrug-resistant TB and its inherent connections with the novel coronavirus. W...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York:
Public Affairs,
2022.
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| Classic Catalogue: | View this record in Classic Catalogue |
| Summary: | "In Phantom Plague, health reporter Vidya Krishnan traces tuberculosis's social and scientific impacts on society throughout history and then brings us into the future with original reporting on the threat of multidrug-resistant TB and its inherent connections with the novel coronavirus. What emerges is a story of patients, scientists, doctors, pharma executives, and activists all connected by one persistent, deadly disease"-- |
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| Item Description: | includes index |
| Physical Description: | 300 pages : illustratuins ; 23 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9781541768468 |