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Virus hunters : how science protects people when outbreaks and pandemics strike /

A propulsive nonfiction look at the elite squads of scientists, doctors, and infectious disease experts who guard the boundary between public health and pandemics and how they gather data via boots on the ground "shoe-leather epidemiology" in order to save lives.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cherrix, Amy (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2024.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Virus diseases > Juvenile literature.
Epidemiologists > Juvenile literature.
Epidemiology > Juvenile literature.
Pandemics > Juvenile literature.
Communicable diseases > Juvenile literature.
Diseases > Juvenile literature.
Virus diseases.
Pandemics.
Epidemiologists.
Epidemiology.
Communicable diseases.
Diseases.
Maladies à virus > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Pandémies > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Épidémiologistes > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Épidémiologie > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Maladies > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Maladies infectieuses > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Epidemiology > History.
Description
Summary:A propulsive nonfiction look at the elite squads of scientists, doctors, and infectious disease experts who guard the boundary between public health and pandemics and how they gather data via boots on the ground "shoe-leather epidemiology" in order to save lives.
Physical Description:328 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
Audience:Ages 8-12.
Grades 4-6.
Awards:Horn Book Fanfare List, 2025
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-300) and index.
ISBN:9780063069541
0063069547