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Disease DetectivesRadio 4 Wednesday 11:00 Disease Detectives
Profile of the work of the epidemiologist, the disease detective, who uses deductive and diagnostic skills to identify, as well as contain, outbreaks of infectious disease.
The rapid-response detection of disease epidemics is exhilarating, fascinating and often dangerous work. The stakes are high. Killer diseases have no respect for national or political borders, and in a increasingly mobile and globalised world the rapid spread of outbreaks is easier than it has ever been. Vivienne Parry investigates.
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