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The Literature on Pandemics, Epidemics and Quarantine: A Status Report

Covid-19 has brought international attention to the threats posed by pandemic disease.  Yet most of us are unfamilar with the studies that have been conducted on a wide range of communicable diseases that have plagued humankind for millenia.  This bibliography is intended to highlight the important books that have been published on pandemics, epidemics, Bioterrorism and Quarantine.  These topics have generated a great deal of interest over the last twenty years and will continue to be relevant for years to come based on the ongoing ecological disasters that enable the new four horsemen of pestilence, famine, war and the sixth extinction. Charles Vidich, author of Germs Bay: Politics, Public Health and American Quarantine, developed this bibliography to help those searching for a comprehensive summary of the literature on pandemics, epidemics and quarantine.   AIDS Gostin, Lawrence O., and Zita Lazzarini. Human Rights and Public Health in the Aids Pandemic .   New York: Oxford Univ