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Plague Through History

2008/08/07 by Nils Chr. Stenseth · 1 citation
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Medicine · #Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research #Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies #Zoonotic diseases and public health

paper · doi:10.1126/science.1161496

openalex publication_date 2008/08/07 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/23

Abstract

Plague and the End of Antiquity . The Pandemic of 541-750. Lester K. Little, Ed. . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, in association with the American Academy in Rome, 2007. 380 pp. 85, £45. ISBN 9780521846394. Paper, 29.99, £15.99. ISBN 9780521718974. Pestilential Complexities . Understanding Medieval Plague. Vivian Nutton, Ed. . Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL, London, 2008. 138 pp. 72, £35, €52. ISBN 9780854841165. The contributors to these volumes integrate findings from history, archeology, epidemiology, and molecular biology to provide multifaceted accounts of the plague and its effects on human history.

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