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Beating Back the Devil. by McKenna, Maryn.(CARDINAL)463851;
Subjects: Centers for Disease Control (U.S.). Epidemic Intelligence Service; Epidemiologists; Epidemiology;
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Beating back the devil : on the front lines with the disease detectives of the Epidemic Intelligence Service / by McKenna, Maryn.(CARDINAL)463851;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-289) and index.
Subjects: Centers for Disease Control (U.S.). Epidemic Intelligence Service; Epidemiologists; Epidemiology;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Inside the outbreaks : the elite medical detectives of the epidemic intelligence service / by Pendergrast, Mark.(CARDINAL)774562;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Cold war, hot pathogens -- Throwing them overboard -- Killer vaccine, goat-hair anthrax, rabid bats, and staph attacks -- Pandemic flu, purple enteritis on mars, polio problems -- New discoveries and mysteries in the early sixties -- The diaspora -- Fighting pox, pandemics, and special pathogens -- Eradication escalation -- Not just infections any more -- Surveillance and containment -- Target zero -- The year of living dangerously -- Superwomen (and men) of the late seventies -- Budget wars and new plagues -- Entering the computer age -- Unexpected connections -- Emerging infections -- Rough sledding -- Approaching a new millennium -- Full circle -- Into the twenty-first century -- L'expérience fait la difference.A history of the elite medical corps at the forefront of the world's most dangerous epidemics cites their victories over such diseases as polio, cholera, and smallpox.
Subjects: Centers for Disease Control (U.S.). Epidemic Intelligence Service; Epidemiologists; Epidemiology;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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