organism that transmits a disease
vibrio A comma-shaped bacterium
virus Any of a class of submicroscopic pathogens that are dependent on the host cell for growth and reproduction
West Nile virus A sometimes fatal viral illness transmitted by the
Culex pipiens
mosquito
yellow fever A hemorrhagic fever caused by a virus in the family Flaviviridae; transmitted by the
Aedes aegypti
mosquito. Endemic to Africa and the Americas.
Yersinia pestis The bacterium that causes bubonic plague
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For further reading, books for younger readers are bulleted.
Achenbach, Joel. 2003. “Our Friend, the Plague: Can Germs Keep Us Healthy?”
National Geographic
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Barnes, David S. 1995.
The Making of a Social Disease: Tuberculosis in Nineteenth-Century France.
Berkeley: University of California Press.
Cantor, Norman F. 2002.
In the Wake of the Plague: The Black Death and the World It Made.
New York: The Free Press.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2003. “Safe Water System.” www.cdc.gov/safewater .
Crosby, Alfred W. 1986.
Ecological Imperialism: The Biological Expansion of Europe, 900–1900.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
———. 1989.
America’s Forgotten Pandemic: The Influenza of 1918.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• Darling, Kathy. 2000.
There’s a Zoo on You.
Brookfield, Conn.: Millbrook Press.
Dawkins, Richard. 1989 [1976].
The Selfish Gene.
Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Diamond, Jared. 1997.
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies.
New York: W. W. Norton and Company.
Duffin, Jacalyn. 1999.
History of Medicine: A Scandalously Short Introduction.
Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
Dunavan, Claire Panosian. 2003. “Just an Upset Stomach?”
Discover.
July, 28–29.
Farmer, Paul. 1999.
Infections and Inequalities: The Modern Plagues.
Berkeley: University of California Press.
———. 2003.
Pathologies of Power: Health, Human Rights, and the New War on the Poor.
Berkeley: University of California Press.
• Farrell, Jeanette. 1998.
Invisible Enemies: Stories of Infectious Disease.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Flegr, Jaroslav. 1994. “Influence of Chronic Toxoplasmosis on Some Human Personality Factors.” www.natur.cuni.cz/~flegr/toxo94.htm .
• Frerichs, Ralph R. 2003. “John Snow.” www.ph.ucla.edu/epi/snow.html .
Fukuda, Mahito. 2003. “Romantic Images of Tuberculosis: A Cultural History of a Disease.” Graduate School of Languages and Cultures, Nagoya University. www.ihp.sinica.edu.tw/~medicine/conference/disease/fukuda.htm .
Gadsby, Patricia. 1999. “Fear of Flu.”
Discover.
January, 82–89.
Garrett, Laurie. 1994.
The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World out of Balance.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
———. 2000.
Betrayal of Trust: The Collapse of Global Public Health.
New York: Hyperion.
• Giblin, James Cross; David Frampton (illustrator). 1995.
When Plague Strikes: The Black Death, Smallpox,
AIDS.
New York: HarperCollins.
Glassner, Barry. 1999.
The Culture of Fear: Why Americans Are Afraid of the Wrong Things.
New York: Basic Books.
Hoffman, Alexander von. 1998.
The Origins of American Housing Reform.
Cambridge: Joint Center for Housing Studies, Harvard University.
• Johnson, Thomas J. 2003. “A History of Biological Warfare from 300 B.C.E. to the Present.” www.aarc.org/resources/biological/history.asp .
Kidder, Tracy. 2003.
Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World.
New York: Random House.
Kolata, Gina. 1999.
Flu: The Story of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Search for the Virus That Caused It.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Lappe, Marc. 1994.
Evolutionary Medicine: Rethinking the Origins of Disease.
San Francisco: Sierra Club Books.
Levenson, Jay A. (editor). 1991.
Circa 1492: Art in the Age of Exploration.
New Haven: Yale University Press.
Loewen,
vibrio A comma-shaped bacterium
virus Any of a class of submicroscopic pathogens that are dependent on the host cell for growth and reproduction
West Nile virus A sometimes fatal viral illness transmitted by the
Culex pipiens
mosquito
yellow fever A hemorrhagic fever caused by a virus in the family Flaviviridae; transmitted by the
Aedes aegypti
mosquito. Endemic to Africa and the Americas.
Yersinia pestis The bacterium that causes bubonic plague
Sources
For further reading, books for younger readers are bulleted.
Achenbach, Joel. 2003. “Our Friend, the Plague: Can Germs Keep Us Healthy?”
National Geographic
. November. http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0311/resources_who.html .
Barnes, David S. 1995.
The Making of a Social Disease: Tuberculosis in Nineteenth-Century France.
Berkeley: University of California Press.
Cantor, Norman F. 2002.
In the Wake of the Plague: The Black Death and the World It Made.
New York: The Free Press.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2003. “Safe Water System.” www.cdc.gov/safewater .
Crosby, Alfred W. 1986.
Ecological Imperialism: The Biological Expansion of Europe, 900–1900.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
———. 1989.
America’s Forgotten Pandemic: The Influenza of 1918.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• Darling, Kathy. 2000.
There’s a Zoo on You.
Brookfield, Conn.: Millbrook Press.
Dawkins, Richard. 1989 [1976].
The Selfish Gene.
Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Diamond, Jared. 1997.
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies.
New York: W. W. Norton and Company.
Duffin, Jacalyn. 1999.
History of Medicine: A Scandalously Short Introduction.
Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
Dunavan, Claire Panosian. 2003. “Just an Upset Stomach?”
Discover.
July, 28–29.
Farmer, Paul. 1999.
Infections and Inequalities: The Modern Plagues.
Berkeley: University of California Press.
———. 2003.
Pathologies of Power: Health, Human Rights, and the New War on the Poor.
Berkeley: University of California Press.
• Farrell, Jeanette. 1998.
Invisible Enemies: Stories of Infectious Disease.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Flegr, Jaroslav. 1994. “Influence of Chronic Toxoplasmosis on Some Human Personality Factors.” www.natur.cuni.cz/~flegr/toxo94.htm .
• Frerichs, Ralph R. 2003. “John Snow.” www.ph.ucla.edu/epi/snow.html .
Fukuda, Mahito. 2003. “Romantic Images of Tuberculosis: A Cultural History of a Disease.” Graduate School of Languages and Cultures, Nagoya University. www.ihp.sinica.edu.tw/~medicine/conference/disease/fukuda.htm .
Gadsby, Patricia. 1999. “Fear of Flu.”
Discover.
January, 82–89.
Garrett, Laurie. 1994.
The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World out of Balance.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
———. 2000.
Betrayal of Trust: The Collapse of Global Public Health.
New York: Hyperion.
• Giblin, James Cross; David Frampton (illustrator). 1995.
When Plague Strikes: The Black Death, Smallpox,
AIDS.
New York: HarperCollins.
Glassner, Barry. 1999.
The Culture of Fear: Why Americans Are Afraid of the Wrong Things.
New York: Basic Books.
Hoffman, Alexander von. 1998.
The Origins of American Housing Reform.
Cambridge: Joint Center for Housing Studies, Harvard University.
• Johnson, Thomas J. 2003. “A History of Biological Warfare from 300 B.C.E. to the Present.” www.aarc.org/resources/biological/history.asp .
Kidder, Tracy. 2003.
Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World.
New York: Random House.
Kolata, Gina. 1999.
Flu: The Story of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Search for the Virus That Caused It.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Lappe, Marc. 1994.
Evolutionary Medicine: Rethinking the Origins of Disease.
San Francisco: Sierra Club Books.
Levenson, Jay A. (editor). 1991.
Circa 1492: Art in the Age of Exploration.
New Haven: Yale University Press.
Loewen,
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