Mystery of the black death [videorecording]
Tigress productions for Thirteen WNET Television in association with Channel 4.
- [Alexandria, Va.] Distributed by PBS Home Video, 2002.
- 1 videocassette (60 min.] : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Originally broadcast as an episode of TV program: Secrets of the dead.
Geneticist Stephen O'Brien delves into the reasons why some individuals managed to survive the excruciating Black Death while others were dying all around them. Uses historical records, family archives, and modern genetics to conduct a case study that uncovers previously unknown elements of the scourge and its mysterious link to HIV immunity in today's population.
0780640519
B8758 PBS Home Video
Black Death--England. Epidemics--History. HIV (Viruses)--Genetics.