Flu The Story of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Search for the Virus That Caused It

"The New York Times reporter Gina Kolata...is among the better science writers....Turning now to the 1918 influenza pandemic, which was 25 times more deadly than ordinary influenza, Kolata has found an apt subject for her skills as microbiologist, journalist and agitator....[She] is effective at reporting [research] expeditions, which have built-in excitement. But she is also adept at vivifying the history of plagues and untangling their dark biology."Kolata, Gina is the author of 'Flu The Story of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Search for the Virus That Caused It', published 2001 under ISBN 9780743203982 and ISBN 0743203984.