Poliomyelitis: a world geography: emergence to eradication
Auteur :
Smallman-Raynor, M.R. / Cliff, A.D.
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780199244744
Date de publication :
29 juin 2006
Dimensions :
24,2 x 16,4 x 4,2 cm
Poids :
1414 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This book is a world geography of poliomyelitis from antiquity to the present day. In the twentieth century, poliomyelitis emerged to become a global crippler and killer. But with the development of preventive vaccines in the 1950s poliomyelitis looks set to be the first disease since smallpox in 1979 to be eliminated by direct human intervention.