The Death of a Disease : : A History of the Eradication of Poliomyelitis /

The Death of a Disease : : A History of the Eradication of Poliomyelitis / / ed. by Mary Shaffer, Bernard Seytre.

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In 1988, the World Health Organization launched a campaign for the global eradication of polio. Today, this goal is closer than ever. Fewer than 1,300 people were paralyzed from the disease in 2004, down from approximately 350,000 in 1988. In The Death of a Disease, science writers Bernard Seytre an...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
HerausgeberIn:
Seytre, Bernard,
Shaffer, Mary,
Place / Publishing House:New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2005]
©2005
Year of Publication:2005
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (176 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. The Last Victims
  • 2. A Lifetime Burden
  • 3. A Virus with a Long History
  • 4. The People versus Polio
  • 5. Freed from the Iron Lung
  • 6. Coming Along at the Right Time
  • 7. Behind the Scenes
  • 8. The Largest Medical Experiment in History
  • 9. The Race for an Oral Vaccine
  • 10. Revolution in the Production of Vaccines
  • 11. Polio
  • 12. The End Game
  • 13. The Challenge of Eradication
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index
  • About the Authors

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