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

  • Reichman, Lee B., 1938-
Date:
[2002], ©2002
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Publication/Creation

New York : McGraw-Hill, [2002], ©2002.

Physical description

xvi, 240 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Contents

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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    Medical Collection
    WF300 2002R35t
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ISBN

  • 0071359249