The death of a disease : a history of the eradication of poliomyelitis /

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Annotation In 1988, the World Health Organization launched a campaign for global eradication of polio. The goal is closer than ever as fewer than 2,000 people died from the disease in 2002, down from approximately 350,000 in 1988. In this book, the authors tell the story of this crippling virus that...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Seytre, Bernard (Autor), Shaffer, Mary (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Francés
Publicado: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2005.
Temas:
Poliomyelitis > History.
Poliomyelitis vaccine > History.
Poliomyelitis > prevention & control
History, 20th Century
Vaccination > history
Poliomyélite > Histoire.
Vaccin antipoliomyélitique > Histoire.
Médecine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > Alzheimer's & Dementia.
MEDICAL > Neurology.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
Poliomyelitis
Poliomyelitis vaccine
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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