Fevered Cities - Packard, Randall M
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"This book presents the first historical study of dengue fever epidemics from the 18th century to today and examines how the virus has become a pervasive global threat. Through a series of city-focused chapters, Packard reveals how social, economic, and ecological factors have shaped dengue's spread and responses to its outbreaks"--

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"This book presents the first historical study of dengue fever epidemics from the 18th century to today and examines how the virus has become a pervasive global threat. Through a series of city-focused chapters, Packard reveals how social, economic, and ecological factors have shaped dengue's spread and responses to its outbreaks"--
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Randall M. Packard is Emeritus Professor of the History of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University. He is the author of White Plague, Black Labor: Tuberculosis and the Political Economy of Health and Disease in South Africa; The Making of a Tropical Disease: A Short History of Malaria; A History of Global Health: Interventions into the Lives of Other Peoples; and coeditor of Emerging Illnesses and Society: Negotiating the Public Health Agenda.