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Science 4 December 1998:
Vol. 282. no. 5395, pp. 1832 - 1833
DOI: 10.1126/science.282.5395.1832b
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VIROLOGY:
Small Sources of Great Affliction

A review by Robin A. Weiss

Viruses, Plagues, and History
Michael B. A. Oldstone
Oxford University Press, New York, 1998. 223 pp. $25, £18.95. ISBN 0-19-511723-9.

Oldstone presents short, readable accounts of selected episodes from the history of virology. His coverage of epidemic diseases including smallpox, yellow fever, AIDS, and emerging hemorrhagic fevers emphasizes demography, public health, and the efforts of virologists.
The author is at the Institute of Cancer Research, Chester Beatty Laboratories, 237 Fulham Road, London SW3 6JB, UK. E-mail: robinw{at}icr.ac.uk

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