Pandemics / Carol Ballard.
"A discussion of pandemics, describing their characteristics, patterns of occurrence, and impacts. Features descriptions of significant pandemics and other disease outbreaks from history"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780716699385
- ISBN: 0716699389
- Physical Description: 55 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 28 cm.
- Edition: Third edition.
- Publisher: Chicago, IL : World Book, Inc., [2018]
- Copyright: ©2018
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Includes glossary and index.At head of title: Library of natural disasters.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- What is a pandemic? -- What causes infectious diseases? -- How do microorganisms multiply and survive? -- How do infectious diseases spread? -- How do microorganisms affect human beings? -- Why do pandemics occur? -- Population changes and pandemics -- The course of a pandemic -- The Black Death -- Cholera pandemics -- Stages of a pandemic -- Pandemic! -- The influenza pandemic, 1918-1919 -- HIV and AIDS -- Preventing a pandemic -- SARS -- Avian influenza -- Swine flu -- Ebola, the next pandemic? -- Zika.
- Target Audience Note:
- Age 5-11.1110L Lexile
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- 4 of 4 copies available at NC Cardinal.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library. (Show)
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Jacksonville Main Library | J614.49 BAL (Text) | 36015000054193 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Albert Carlton - Cashiers Community Library | J614.49 B (Text) | 39493109999930 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Richard H. Thornton Main Library | J 614.49 BALLAR (Text) | 42756202493810 | Juvenile New Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Southside Branch | J614.49 B (Text) | 0112522317337 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |
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"A discussion of pandemics, describing their characteristics, patterns of occurrence, and impacts. Features descriptions of significant pandemics and other disease outbreaks from history"--
