TY  - BOOK
AU  - Phillips,Howard
TI  - Epidemics: the story of South Africa's five most lethal human diseases 
T2  - Ohio short histories of Africa
SN  - 9780821420287 (paperback : alk. paper)
AV  - RA650.8.S6 P49 2012
U1  - 614.4/968 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Athens
PB  - Ohio University Press
KW  - Epidemics
KW  - South Africa
KW  - History
KW  - Diseases and history
N1  - "First published as Plague, Pox and Pandemics by Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd in 2012."; Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-165) and index; Smallpox, 1713/1893: 'There are no people left, only stones' -- Plague, 1901/1907: 'The dreaded disorder' -- Spanish flu, 1918/1919: 'It threatens the existence of the entire race' -- Poliomyelitis, 1918/1963: 'The middle-class plague' -- HIV/AIDS, 1982/ : 'A catastrophe in slow motion' -- Conclusion
ER  -