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

By:

Seytre, Bernard [author.]

Contributor(s):

Shaffer, Mary [author.]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

081353786X
9780813537863
128213440X
9781282134409
9786613806987
6613806986

Uniform titles:

Histoire de l'éradication de la poliomyélite. English

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Death of a disease.DDC classification:

616.8/35 22

LOC classification:

RC180.9 .S4913 2005eb

NLM classification:

2006 A-071
WC 556

Online resources:

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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.

Summary: 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 has struck down healthy children for centuries.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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 has struck down healthy children for centuries.

English.

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