Olmstead, Alan L. (Author)
Rhode, Paul Webb (Author)
Harvard University Press
Physical Details: x + 465 pp.; ill.; maps
Language: English
Sixty percent of infectious human diseases are shared with other vertebrates. Alan Olmstead and Paul Rhode tell how innovations to combat livestock infections---border control, food inspection, drug regulation, federal research labs---turned the U.S. into a world leader in combatting communicable diseases, and remain central to public health policy
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