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

Author/creator McKenna, Maryn
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Free Press, ©2004.
Descriptionx, 303 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects
Centers for Disease Control (U.S.). Epidemic Intelligence Service--Popular works.
Centers for Disease Control (U.S.). ?b Epidemic Intelligence Service.
Epidemiology--Popular works.
Epidemiologists--United States. --Popular works.
Epidemiology--history.
History, 20th Century.

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.
Local noteLittle-350104--3051310569910
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 272-289) and index.
LCCN 2004053214
ISBN0743251326

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks RA653 .M38 2004 ✔ Available Place Hold
Laupus Books - Stacks WA 11.1 M478B 2004 ✔ Available Place Hold