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Description edit
A pioneering epidemiologist describes his work for the Centers for Disease Control, relates his work on its Biosafety Level 4 containment facility, and offers a riveting firsthand look at some of the plagues and biological catastrophes confronting the world today. Tour.
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First Sentence edit
This book is a personal story of our experiences hunting Level-4 organisms and oher emerging infectious diseases.
Table of Contents edit
Preface
Prologue
1. Zaire, 1983/1965
2. Of Epidemiology and Potato Salad
3. Suffer the Children
4. The Death of a Nurse from Yambuku
5. The Battle Commences
6. The Ebola Trail
7. The Deserted Hospital
8. My Place Among the Dead
9. Learning Lassa
10. Of Souls and Centrifuges
11. Magic Bullets
12. Kadiatu
13. Nzara Revisited
14. Sue's Story
15. Virology, Plumbing, and Ebola
16. Level 4 -- British Style
17. The Outbreak That Escaped
18. A Free Woman from La Cité
19. Project SIDA Begins
20. HIV Reveals Its Past
Authors & Contributors edit
- Joseph McCormick (Author)
- Susan Fisher-Hoch (Author)
- Leslie Alan Horvitz (Author)
Other Contributors:
- Leslie Alan Horvitz (Contributor)
- Joseph B McCormick (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Turner Pub
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 1996
ISBN: 1570362777
Page Count: 379
Publisher: Turner Pub
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 1996
ISBN: 1570362777
Page Count: 379
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 614.4092
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