Viral Pandemics

The second edition Viral Pandemics illuminates how the increasing emergence of viruses has combined with global interconnectedness to create an escalating spiral of disease. It includes an introduction to the characteristics of viral pathogens that make them so dangerous followed by a comprehensive survey of epidemic viral disease.

Rae-Ellen W. Kavey, MD, MPH, is a pediatric cardiologist and public health practitioner who retired as Professor of Pediatrics from the University of Rochester School of Medicine. Her career in academic medicine combined care of children with congenital heart disease and a public health approach to prevention of heart disease beginning in childhood. She is currently an adjunct history professor at CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Allison B. Kavey, PhD, is a history professor at CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice and CUNY Graduate Center. She works in the early modern history of science and medicine.

Preface 1. A Brief Introduction to Virology 2. The Smallpox Story: Gone but Not Forgotten 3. Yellow Fever: The Jungle Story 4. The Great Influenza: A Virus for All Time 5. Polio: The Plague of Summer. 6. HIV & AIDS: The Never-Ending Story 7. OUT OF NOWHERE: West Nile Virus/ SARS/ Zika/ EBOLA 8: AND NOW AS PROMISED: The SARS-Cov-2/ COVID-19 Pandemic 9: Mpox: Out of nowhere all over again? 10: A LOOK BACK (ABK) 11: A WAY FORWARD (REK)