Virus hunters : how science protects people when outbreaks and pandemics strike / Amy Cherrix.
| Author/creator | Cherrix, Amy author. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Publication | New York : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2024. |
| Copyright Date | ©2024 |
| Description | 328 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | How science protects people when outbreaks and pandemics strike |
| Contents | Part I: The case of the No-Name Virus -- Part II: John Snow and the mystery of the blue death -- Part III: The hunt for the 1918 flu -- Part IV: The smallpox hunters -- Part V: HIV/AIDS: a case of medical activism in America -- Part VI: COVID-19 and the vaccine hunters. |
| Abstract | A propulsive nonfiction look at the elite squads of scientists, doctors, and infectious disease experts who guard the boundary between public health and pandemics and how they gather data via boots on the ground "shoe-leather epidemiology" in order to save lives. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-300) and index. |
| Interest age level | Ages 8-12. Harper. |
| Interest grade level | Grades 4-6. Harper. |
| Genre/form | Juvenile works. |
| Genre/form | Informational works. |
| LCCN | 2023944828 |
| ISBN | 9780063069541 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 0063069547 (hardcover) |
| Stock number | Harpercollins Childrens Books, Attn Elaine Nealon 30 Ed Preate Dr Ste 106, Moosaic, PA, USA, 18507 SAN 200-2086 |