Books

Margrete Lamond, Plague and Pestilence: Deadly Diseases That Changed the World. Chicago: Allen & Unwin, 1997. Excellent examples of the way people have reacted to sudden, contagious diseases. Good index.

P.C. Leung and E.E. Ooi, eds., SARS War: Combating the Disease. Singapore: World Scientific, 2003. Although much of the material is incomplete, the book does contain some helpful information on the history of emerging diseases in China.

Elinor Levy, The New Killer Diseases: How the Alarming Evolution of Mutant Germs Threatens Us All. New York: Crown, 2003. Excellent section on the mutation of viruses, though challenging reading.

Fred Ramen, Influenza. New York: Rosen, 2001. Very good section on the 1918 epidemic, to which SARS researchers refer as the nightmare of contagious diseases. Helpful index.

Websites

CDC (www.cdc.gov). This is the official site of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and it contains a wealth...