Global Disease Eradication
Subtitle: The Race for the Last Child
Publisher: ASM Press
Published: May 15, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9781555812256
Subjects: Epidemiology & medical statistics; Malaria; Epidemics; Science; Medical; Prevention; Infectious Diseases; Life Sciences - Biology - Microbiology; Microbiology; Communicable diseases; Communicable Disease Control
First sentence: In August 1986, a resident of Carlsbad, California, was diagnosed with malaria.
Description: This text introduces the concept of disease eradication, discussing the centrality of the developing world in eradication efforts, emphasizing the scientific, political, logistical and ethical challenges inherent in attempting to eradicate disease.