Inside the Outbreaks（ISBN=9780547520308）

Since its founding in 1951, the Epidemic Intelligence Service has waged war on every imaginable ailment. With suitcases kept packed, vaccinations at the ready, the EIS's little-recognized medical professionals and scientists are always on call. And when an epidemic hits, the EIS will be there to crack the case, however mysterious or deadly. Over the years they have successfully battled polio, cholera, and smallpox, to name a few, and in recent years have turned to the epidemics killing us now--smoking, obesity, and gun violence among them.These professionals have not served without controversy. But for the most part, they have performed their tasks--difficult, dangerous, or dead end--without fanfare, saving countless lives in the process. The successful EIS model has also spread internationally: former EIS officers on the staff of the Centers for Disease Control have helped to establish nearly thirty similar programs around the world. EIS veterans have gone on to become leaders in the world of public health in organizations such as the World Health Organization.Track, Investigate, Eradicate takes readers on a riveting journey through the history of this remarkable organization, following Epidemic Intelligence Service officers on their globetrotting quest to eliminate the most lethal and widespread threats to the world's health.

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INTRODUCTION 
I THE GRAND ADVENTURES OF DR. LANGMUIR'S BOYS (1951-1970)
 1 Cold War, Hot Pathogens
 2 Throwing Them Overboard 
 3 Killer Vaccine, Goat-Hair Anthrax, Rabid Bats, and Staph Attacks
 4 Pandemic Flu, Purple Enteritis on Mars Polio Problems
 5 New Discoveries and Mysteries in the Early Sixties
 6 The Diaspora 
 7 Fighting Pox, Pandemics, and Special Pathogens
 8 Eradication Escalation 
II THE GOLDEN AGE OF EPI (1970-1982)
 9 Not Just Infections Anymore 
 10 Surveillance and Containment 
 11 Target Zero 
 12 The Year of Living Dangerously 
 13 Superwomen (and Men) of the Late Seventies 
 14 Budget Wars and New Plagues 
III COMPLEX CHALLENGES (1982-PRESENT)
 15 Entering the Computer Age
 16 Unexpected Connections
 17 Emerging Infections 
 18 Rough Sledding
 19 Approaching a New Millennium 
 20 Full Circle
 21 Into the Twenty-First Century
 22 LExperience Fait la Difference
EPILOGUE: The EIS Legacy
A NOTE ON SOURCES 
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 
INDEX