Beating Back the Devil by Maryn McKenna

Beating Back the Devil

Maryn McKenna

320 pages first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction science challenging informative medium-paced

Description

The universal human instinct is to run from an outbreak of disease like Ebola. These doctors run toward it. Their job is to stop epidemics from happening. They are the disease detective corps of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (C...

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adventurous 20%
challenging 20%
reflective 20%

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slow 20%

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