Who Gave Pinta to the Santa Maria?: Torrid Diseases in a Temperate World

Robert S. Desowitz
Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
May 1997

EAN: 9780393040845
ISBN: 0393040844

Synopsis: The anecdote-packed history of how tropical diseases (malaria, syphilis, Ebola, and tapeworm, among others) have come to thrive in North America -- the true story behind such books as The Hot Zone and Deadly Feasts.