Beating back the devil : on the front lines with the disease detectives of the Epidemic Intelligence Service

Beating back the devil : on the front lines with the disease detectives of the Epidemic Intelligence Service / Maryn McKenna.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McKenna, Maryn
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Free Press, c2004.
Subjects:
Centers for Disease Control (U.S.). > Epidemic Intelligence Service > Popular works.
Epidemiology > Popular works.
Epidemiologists > United States > Popular works.
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Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue : July 2002, Anniston, Alabama
  • Training : July 2002, Atlanta
  • Polio : 1955, Atlanta
  • West Nile virus : August-October 2002, Atlanta
  • Smallpox : 1972, Bangladesh
  • Listeriosis : August-November 2002, Philadelphia
  • AIDS : 1981, Los Angeles
  • Uniformity : November-December 2002, Atlanta
  • War : 1994, Zaire
  • Malaria : March 2003, Malawi
  • Tuberculosis : 1999-2000, Baltimore and New York
  • Drug-resistant staphylococcus : March-June 2003, Los Angeles
  • Terrorism : 2001, New York City and Washington, D.C.
  • SARS : March-July 2003, Hanoi and Bangkok
  • Epilogue : July-September 2003.

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