The death of a disease [electronic resource] : a history of the eradication of poliomyelitis / Bernard Seytre, Mary Shaffer.
Language: English Original language: French Publication details: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2005.Description: 161 pISBN:- 0813536766 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 0813536774 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- Histoire de l'�eradication de la poliomy�elite. English
- RC180.9 .S4913 2005eb
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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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