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This book covers the history of twelve important diseases and addresses public health responses and societal upheavals. ● Chronicles the ways disease outbreaks shaped traditions and institutions of Western civilization. ● Explains the effects, causes, and outcomes from past epidemics. ● Describes a dozen diseases to show how disease control either was achieved or failed. ● Makes clear the interrelationship between diseases and history. ● Presents material in a compelling, clear, and jargon-free prose for a wide audience. ● Provides a picture of the best practices for dealing with disease outbreaks.

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Irwin W. Sherman, professor emeritus at the University of California (Riverside), is a visiting professor in the School of Medicine at the University of California at San Diego. His laboratory research centered on the biochemistry of malaria parasites and resulted in more than 150 scholarly papers. Dr. Sherman wrote Twelve Diseases That Changed Our World and several books that share his expertise in malaria prevention and treatment. Chris Sorensen is the AudioFile Earphones Award-winning narrator of Brian Lies' Bats at the Beach, Colum McCann's Let the Great World Spin, and Margaret Peterson Haddix's Sent. Other narrations include Patricia Wood's Lottery and Jodi Picoult's Songs of the Humpback Whale, among many others.

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