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Author McKenna, Maryn.

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

Publication Info. New York : Free Press, [2004]
©2004

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  RA653 .M38 2004    Available  ---
Description x, 303 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 272-289) and index.
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.
Subject Centers for Disease Control (U.S.). Epidemic Intelligence Service -- Popular works.
Centers for Disease Control (U.S.). Epidemic Intelligence Service.
Genre/Form Popular works.
Subject Epidemiology -- Popular works.
Epidemiology.
Epidemiologists -- United States -- Popular works.
Epidemiologists.
United States.
ISBN 0743251326
Standard No. 9780743251327