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Desalle, Rob, ed. Epidemic: The World of Infectious Diseases. New Press, 1999. Presentation of diseases in the perspective of the time periods of the epidemics discussed. A companion volume to a traveling exhibition from the American Museum of Natural History.
Genenson, Abram. Control of Communicable Diseases Manual. American Public Health Association, 1995. Accessible sourcebook on more than 300 communicable diseases.
Hardy, Anne. The Epidemic Streets: Infectious Diseases and the Rise of Preventive Medicine 1856-1900. Oxford University Press, 1993. A study of the diseases of Victorian England and how these diseases lost their hold on the developed world.
Karlen, Arno. Man and Microbes: Disease and Plagues in History and Modern Times. Touchstone, 1996. A historical study that presents and discusses human and disease pathogens in a coevolutionary context. For general readers.
Lamond, Margrete. Plague and Pestilence: Deadly Diseases That Changed the World. Allen & Unwin, 1997. How epidemic diseases have influenced history. For middle school readers.
Lampton, Christopher F. Epidemic. Millbrook, 1992, 1994. Description of historical epidemics that discusses their origins, how they spread, and how they have been controlled. For upper elementary and middle school readers.
Shilts, Randy. And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic. Viking, 1988, 1993. Examines the roles of political, social, and medical organizations in the origin and spread of AIDS and presents a social criticism of these influences.
Yancy, Diane. The Hunt for Hidden Killers: Ten Cases of Medical Mystery. Millbrook, 1994. Written in the style of a news story, this work tells how health officials track down sources of disease. For high school readers.
For younger readers
Hoff, Brent H., and Carter Smith. Mapping Epidemics: A Historical Atlas of Disease. Watts, 2000. For high school readers.
Ward, Brian. Epidemic. DK Publishing, 2000. An eyewitness guide, for readers in grades 4 to 7.
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