Discovering tuberculosis : a global history, 1900 to the present / Christian W. McMillen.
Discovering tuberculosis : a global history, 1900 to the present / Christian W. McMillen.
Discovering tuberculosis : a global history, 1900 to the present / Christian W. McMillen.
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New Haven : Yale University Press, [2015]
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H 2015/2905
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English
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Physical content
xii, 338 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
The rise of race -- The fall of race -- The challenge of tuberculosis -- Preventing TB : American Indians and the BCG vaccine -- BCG goes global -- Questioning BCG : mass resistance in India -- Faith, failure, and the BCG vaccine -- Curing TB : antibiotics, drug resistance, and compliance in Kenya -...
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New Haven : Yale University Press, [2015]
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Connecticut
Date Published
[2015]
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"Tuberculosis is one of the world's deadliest infectious diseases, killing nearly two million people every year--more now than at any other time in history. While the developed world has nearly forgotten about TB, it continues to wreak havoc across much of the globe. In this interdisciplinary study of global efforts to control TB, Christian McMille...
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Discovering tuberculosis : a global history, 1900 to the present / Christian W. McMillen.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Mitchell Library copy: Jacket filed 2015.
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H 2015/2905
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74VK7jABqBLX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VK7jABqBLX
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0300190298 hardcover alkaline paper
9780300190298 hardcover alkaline paper
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616.995
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991022935649702626
