| Description |
xiv, 418 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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'experience fait la difference. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Subject |
Centers for Disease Control (U.S.). Epidemic Intelligence Service -- Popular works.
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Epidemiology -- Popular works.
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Epidemiologists -- United States -- Popular works.
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Centers for Disease Control (U.S.). Epidemic Intelligence Service. |
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Communicable Disease Control -- history -- United States. |
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Epidemiology -- history -- United States. |
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History, 20th Century -- United States. |
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United States Government Agencies -- United States. |
| ISBN |
9780151011209 |
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00151011206 |
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40017785277 |
| Standard No. |
40017785277 |
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