Epidemics : the story of South Africa's five most lethal human diseases / Howard Phillips.

"This is the first history of epidemics in South Africa, lethal episodes that significantly shaped this society over three centuries. Focusing on five devastating diseases between 1713 and today--smallpox, bubonic plague, "Spanish influenza," polio, and HIV/AIDS--the book probes their...

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Main Author: Phillips, H. (Howard), 1949- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Athens : Ohio University Press, 2012.
Series:Ohio short histories of Africa.
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