Virus hunters : how science protects people when outbreaks and pandemics strike / Amy Cherrix.

Author/creator Cherrix, Amy author.
Format Book
EditionFirst edition.
PublicationNew York : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2024.
Copyright Date©2024
Description328 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 noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 277-300) and index.
Interest age level Ages 8-12. Harper.
Interest grade level Grades 4-6. Harper.
Genre/formJuvenile works.
Genre/formInformational works.
LCCN 2023944828
ISBN9780063069541 (hardcover)
ISBN0063069547 (hardcover)
Stock numberHarpercollins Childrens Books, Attn Elaine Nealon 30 Ed Preate Dr Ste 106, Moosaic, PA, USA, 18507 SAN 200-2086