The Big Book of Infectious Disease Trivia: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about the World's Worst Pandemics, Epidemics and Diseases
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Taking a friendly approach to a serious subject, The Big Book of Infectious Disease Trivia answers all of your questions about pandemics, epidemics, and diseases—plus, it covers all of the bizarre questions you never thought to ask!
From familiar diseases like influenza to ancient diseases like leprosy to oddly named diseases like mad cow disease, this trivia book tackles the mind-blowing facts and obscure details about many infectious diseases—past, present, and future. Get ready to broaden your understanding of humanity’s many illnesses, from survivable to deadly, with answers to questions like:
- What is the difference between an epidemic and a pandemic?
- What is the oldest known infectious disease?
- How is COVID-19 different from the flu and pneumonia?
- Who invented the face mask?
- What is herd immunity?
- What does it take to have an infectious disease declared “eradicated"?
- And more!
With historical facts along with pop culture references, The Big Book of Infectious Disease Trivia is a must-have for anyone fascinated by infectious diseases.
Kristina Wright
Kristina Wright is a full-time writer, iced coffee addict, wife to an amazing fellow, mama to two adorable boys and the editor of several erotic romance anthologies. Her short fiction has appeared in over one hundred anthologies and her first novel Dangerous Curves won the Golden Heart Award for Romantic Suspense from Romance Writers of America. Originally from South Florida, Kristina is living happily ever after in Virginia with her family.
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