Polio

Author(s)

• Hecht, Alan
• Alcamo, I. Edward

Bibliographic Information

Polio

Alan Hecht ; consulting editor, I. Edward Alcamo ; foreword by David Heymann

（Deadly diseases and epidemics）

Chelsea House Publishers, c2003

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 89-92) and index

Contents of Works

• The history of polio
• The transmission of polio and how it affects the body
• Vaccines and how they work
• The life of Jonas Salk
• The life of Albert Sabin
• Nobody is exempt
• Just when we thought it was safe: post-polio syndrome
• What lies ahead: the future of polio

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Experts in the field of microbiology tell the great detective stories of how some of the world's best-known deadly disease-causing microbes were first isolated, identified, and studied. Readers learn how these deadly viruses and bacteria cause disease and what steps have been taken to eradicate them. Throughout the first half of the 20th century, polio left victims all over the world with paralysis and weakened muscles. This volume describes the epidemiology of the disease and its effects on the human body.

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Details

• NCID: BA73497923
• ISBN:
  • 0791074625
• LCCN: 2003000826
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Philadelphia
• Pages/Volumes: 101 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : RC180.1
  • DC21 : 616.8/35
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Poliomyelitis -- Juvenile literature
  • LCSH : Poliomyelitis -- History -- Juvenile literature
  • JVSH : Poliomyelitis
  • JVSH : Diseases
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA73375697