Pandemics and their co-factors: A short history

Colin D. Butler

doi:10.1079/9781800620025.0007

Pandemics and their co-factors: A short history

Colin D. Butler^*

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The Australian National University

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This chapter reviews the history of pandemics from antiquity to the present. Recognized pandemics include plague, cholera, smallpox, infuenza and, more recently, HIV/AIDS and COVID-19. Also discussed are the thousands of years of recognition, much of it vague, of the germ theory and the possibility that novel epidemics and even pandemics may emerge as the result of changes in the Anthropocene, including biodiversity loss, the farming of familiar and novel species, and emerging laboratory techniques.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Climate Change and Global Health
Subtitle of host publication	Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Effects
Publisher	CABI International
Pages	90-101
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Electronic)	9781800620018
ISBN (Print)	9781800620001
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1079/9781800620025.0007
Publication status	Published - 23 Aug 2024

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