Hunting the 1918 Flu / / Kirsty E. Duncan.
In 1918 the Spanish flu epidemic swept the world and killed an estimated 20 to 40 million people in just one year, more than the number that died during the four years of the First World War. To this day medical science has been at a loss to explain the Spanish flu's origin. Most virologists ar...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2022] ©2003 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: A Deadly Killer
- 1 The Spanish Influenza of 1918
- Part One. An Evolving Team
- 2 The Quest 1992–1994
- 3 Beneath the Crosses 1994–May 1996
- 4 First Permission, First Workshop May–August 1996
- 5 Archival Samples? CDC Withdraws August 1996 – June 1997
- Part Two. Ground-Penetrating Radar
- 6 New Members and GPR Preparations June – October 1997
- 7 Through the Ground Darkly October 1997
- Part Three. Wrestling with Demons
- 8 Live Virus? October 1997–January 1998
- 9 Mill Hill Meeting February 1998
- 10 Is It Safe? February–April 1998
- 11 Scientific Plan April–June 1998
- 12 High Stakes April–August 1998
- 13 Public Relations Plan May–July 1998
- 14 Money Wars May–August 1998
- Part Four Exhumations
- 15 Face to Face 16 August–5 September 1998
- Part Five Decoding the Virus
- 16 Waiting for Results November 1998–October 1999
- 17 Fighting for Norway, Fighting for Canada 11–16 November 1999
- 18 Sharing Samples? November 1999–November 2000
- Conclusion: Promises Kept
- Epilogue: Update
- References
- Index