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Author Reichman, Lee B., 1938-

Title Timebomb : the global epidemic of multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis / Lee B. Reichman with Janice Hopkins Tanne.

Imprint New York, N.Y. : McGraw-Hill, c2002.

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 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  614.542 R272t    ---  Available
Description xvi, 240 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-226) and index.
Contents Ebola with wings -- Cows and mummies : a brief history of tuberculosis -- The world is different now -- TB in the time of AIDS -- Smoke and mirrors in Moscow -- Inside the gulag -- The Russian style of TB treatment -- Fingerprinting the bacteria -- Epidemic in New York -- DOTS in the real world -- Why are there no new drugs or vaccines for TB? -- The unusual suspects -- Tiger at the gates.
Subject Tuberculosis -- Popular works.
Multidrug resistance -- Popular works.
Added Author Tanne, Janice Hopkins.
ISBN 0071359249 (alk. paper)

 
    
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