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The death of a disease [electronic resource] : a history of the eradication of poliomyelitis / Bernard Seytre, Mary Shaffer.

By: Contributor(s): Language: English Original language: French Publication details: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2005.Description: 161 pUniform titles:
  • Histoire de l'éradication de la poliomyélite. English
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • RC180.9 .S4913 2005eb
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Contents:
The last victims -- A lifetime burden -- A virus with a long history -- The people versus polio -- Freed from the iron lung -- Coming along at the right time: Jonas Salk -- Behind the scenes -- The largest medical experiment in history -- The race for an oral vaccine -- Revolution in the production of vaccines -- Polio: programmed for defeat -- The end game -- The challenge of eradication.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The last victims -- A lifetime burden -- A virus with a long history -- The people versus polio -- Freed from the iron lung -- Coming along at the right time: Jonas Salk -- Behind the scenes -- The largest medical experiment in history -- The race for an oral vaccine -- Revolution in the production of vaccines -- Polio: programmed for defeat -- The end game -- The challenge of eradication.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.