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Author Marilee Peters is a former librarian who has written a series of books spanning multiple topics, including politics, theater, the environment, parenting, farming, and health, to name a few.
In Patient Zero: Solving the Mysteries of Deadly Epidemics, Peters follows the true stories of the pioneers of epidemiology, the study of diseases within a population - all of which risked their lives to find the source.
Follow along through seven different epidemics, including the Great Plague of 1665, the Soho Outbreak of 1854, Yellow Fever in Cuba in 1900, Typhoid in New York City in 1906, the Spanish Influenza in 1918-1919, Ebola in Zaire in 1976, and AIDS in the United States in 1980.
Peters does an incredible job of presenting the informational facts and the causes and potential causes of each epidemic. She is also sure to highlight the scientist who began tracking the disease and how each scientist’s findings have contributed to epidemiology.
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Marilee Peters is a former librarian who over the years has written about politics, theater, the environment, parenting, farming, and health, among other topics. She is the author of Patient Zero, 10 Rivers that Shaped the World, and Making It Right. She lives with her family in Vancouver, BC.
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