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100 _aFox, Barry
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245 _aAn introduction to infectious diseases.
300 _a4 videodiscs (approximately 720 min.) :
_bsound, color ;
_c4 3/4 in. +
_e1 course guidebook (viii, 213 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
440 _aGreat courses
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440 _aBetter living
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505 _aDisc 1. The Dynamic World of Infectious Disease -- Bacteria: Heroes and Villains -- Viruses: Hijackers of Your Body's Cells -- Moldy Menaces and Fungal Diseases -- Milestones in Infectious Disease History -- Antibiotics: A Modern Miracle Lost? -- Disc 2. Which Germs in Your Daily Life Matter? -- Six Decades of Infectious Disease Challenges -- Vaccines Save Lives -- The Immune System: Our Great Protector -- Zoonosis: Germs Leap from Animals to Humans -- Tick-Borne Diseases: A Public Health Menace -- Disc 3. Food-Borne Illness: What's Your Gut Feeling? -- Respiratory and Brain Infections -- Flesh-Eating Bacteria and Blood Poisoning -- STDs and Other Infections below the Belt -- Stay Out of the Hospital! -- The Nemesis of Mankind: HIV and AIDS -- Disc 4. Malaria and Tuberculosis: Global Killers -- Global Travel, War, and Natural Disasters -- Influenza: Past and Future Threat -- Bioterrorism: How Worried Should We Be? -- Emerging and Reemerging Diseases -- Outbreak! Contagion! The Next Pandemic!
511 _aLecturer: Professor Barry C. Fox, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.
520 _aThis course will take you on a voyage through the fascinating world of infectious diseases. You will travel through the centuries and right up to current outbreaks of new, emerging and often deadly diseases. You will travel side by side with germs as they hitch rides by land, sea, and air, spreading their virulence worldwide. With many germs around us daily, this course will identify the beneficial ones and help you avoid or destroy the ones that cause disease.
650 _aCommunicable diseases.
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650 _aCommunicable diseases
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650 _aEpidemiology
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658 _aScience objective
710 _aThe Teaching Company
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