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Synopsis
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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The hemorrhagic viral diseases, such as Ebola, are among the most elusive and gruesome diseases known to man. Joseph B. McCormick and Susan Fisher-Hoch, a husband-and-wife team formerly of the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, have spent their lives tracking these pathogens, traversing the globe in heroic efforts to confine them and prevent epidemic. In Level 4, McCormick and Fisher-Hoch recount their most gripping and rewarding experiences, and give insight into the stubborn bravery and driving curiosity that compels them to continually put their own lives at risk for the welfare of humanity.
About the Author
JOSEPH B. MCCORMICK, MD, one of the world’s foremost authorities on Ebola and Lassa fever, is also renowned as the first HIV investigator in Africa and the researcher who isolated the oldest HIV strain.
Before SUSAN FISHER-HOCH, MD joined the CDC, she did pioneering work on Lassa fever, Legionnaires’ disease, and Ebola.
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- PublisherBarnes & Noble Books
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 0760712085
- ISBN 13 9780760712085
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages397
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