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Inside the Outbreaks: The Elite Medical Detectives of the Epidemic Intelligence Service
Inside the Outbreaks The Elite Medical Detectives of the Epidemic Intelligence Service
Author: Mark Pendergrast
Since its founding in 1951, the Epidemic Intelligence Service has waged war on every imaginable ailment. When an epidemic hits, the EIS will be there to crack the case, however mysterious or deadly, saving countless lives in the process. Over the years they have successfully battled polio, cholera, and smallpox, to name a few, and in recent year...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780547520308
ISBN-10: 0547520301
Publication Date: 4/13/2011
Pages: 432
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Publisher: Mariner Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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Remember all those disease outbreaks you heard about all your life? This book describes who tracked down the causes of those diseases and how they were controlled, or couldn't be. After signing up for 2-year tours in the EIS, MDs, DVMs, and Ph.Ds had to be ready to jump into a phone booth and take off to anywhere in the world to catch the 'killers.'

Not all the diseases were 'solved,' and not all the endings were a triumph of truth and justice. But all the stories are interesting.

There are so many stories that after awhile you might become jaded with them. So I recommend you don't read this book all at once all the way through. Have one or two others open and then return to this "disease detective" story after a break.


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