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

Author: Reichman, Lee B., 1938-
Published: New York : McGraw-Hill, [2002]
Copyright Date: ©2002
Physical Description: xvi, 240 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Additional Creators: Tanne, Janice Hopkins and NetLibrary, Inc

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1. Ebola with wings -- 2. Cows and mummies : a brief history of tuberculosis -- 3. The world is different now -- 4. TB in the time of AIDS -- 5. Smoke and mirrors in Moscow -- 6. Inside the gulag -- 7. The Russian style of TB treatment -- 8. Fingerprinting the bacteria -- 9. Epidemic in New York -- 10. DOTS in the real world -- 11. Why are there no new drugs or vaccines for TB? -- 12. The unusual suspects -- 13. Tiger at the gates.

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0071389725 (electronic bk.)

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