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A history of the bubonic plague describes the outbreak in 1894 Hong Kong and the fierce competition between Alexandre Yersin and Shibasaburo Kitasato to discover its source, noting other outbreaks while citing factors that could lead to a lethal epidemic in the future. 25,000 first printing.
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- PublisherMetropolitan Books
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 0805066802
- ISBN 13 9780805066807
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages320
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