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Beating Back the Devil: On the Front Lines with the Disease Detectives of the Epidemic Intelligence Service
Beating Back the Devil On the Front Lines with the Disease Detectives of the Epidemic Intelligence Service Author:Maryn McKenna IN THE WAR AGAINST DISEASES, THEY ARE THE SPECIAL FORCES.They always keep a bag packed. They seldom have more than twenty-four hours' notice before they are dispatched. The phone calls that tell them to head to the airport, sometimes in the middle of the night, may give them no more information than the country they are traveling to and the epid... more »emic they will tackle when they get there.« less