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Copyright © 2018 by Dr. Jeremy Brown
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Brown, Jeremy, 1964– author.
Title: Influenza : the hundred year hunt to cure the deadliest disease in history / Jeremy Brown.
Description: New York : Touchstone, 2018. | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Identifiers: LCCN 2018033854 (print) | LCCN 2018038141 (ebook) | ISBN 9781501181269 (Ebook) | ISBN 9781501181245 (hardback) | ISBN 9781501181252 (paperback)
Subjects: LCSH: Influenza—Prevention—United States. | Influenza—United States—History. | Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919. | BISAC: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues. | HISTORY / Military / World War I. | MEDICAL / Diseases.
Classification: LCC RA644.I6 (ebook) | LCC RA644.I6 B76 2018 (print) | DDC 614.5/18—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018033854
ISBN 978-1-5011-8124-5
ISBN 978-1-5011-8126-9 (ebook)