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Author	Reichman, Lee B., 1938-
Title	Timebomb : the global epidemic of multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis / Lee B. Reichman with Janice Hopkins Tanne.
Publication Info.	New York : McGraw-Hill, c2002.

Location	Call No.	Status
Stack 11	616.24 R	IN LIBRARY

Description	xvi, 240 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Contents	1. Ebola with wings -- 2. Cows and mummies: a brief history of tuberculosis -- 3. The world is different now -- 4. TB in the time of AIDS -- 5. Smoke and mirrors in Moscow -- 6. Inside the gulag -- 7. The Russian style of TB treatment -- 8. Fingerprinting the bacteria -- 9. Epidemic in New York -- 10. DOTS in the real world -- 11. Why are there no new drugs or vaccines for TB? -- 12. The unusual suspects -- 13. Tiger at the gates.
Subject	Tuberculosis -- Popular works.
	Multidrug resistance -- Popular works.
Added Author	Tanne, Janice Hopkins.
Added Title	Global epidemic of multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis
ISBN	0071359249 (alk. paper)

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