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Beating Back the Devil
Beating Back the Devil
On the Front Lines with the Disease Detectives of the Epidemic Intelligence Service  
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CONTENTS


PROLOGUE July 2002, Anniston, Alabama


ONE Training

July 2002, Atlanta


TWO Polio

1955, Atlanta


THREE West Nile Virus

August-October 2002, Atlanta


FOUR Smallpox

1972, Bangladesh


FIVE Listeriosis

August-November 2002, Philadelphia


SIX AIDS

1981, Los Angeles


SEVEN Uniformity

November-December 2002, Atlanta


EIGHT War

1994, Zaire


NINE Malaria

March 2003, Malawi


TEN Tuberculosis

1999-2000, Baltimore and New York


ELEVEN Drug-Resistant Staphylococcus

March-June 2003, Los Angeles


TWELVE Terrorism

2001, New York City and Washington, D.C.


THIRTEEN SARS

March-July 2003, Hanoi and Bangkok


EPILOGUE July-September 2003


NOTES ON SOURCES, SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY


ACKNOWLEDGMENTS


INDEX