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The origins of disease /

Filmed in the U.S., Hungary, India and Australia, this episode investigates through various case studies how epidemics break out. A virus alone does not make an epidemic. Many factors working together cause a disease to spread from its isolated origins. On the Baltimore docks, for example, rats are...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Film Australia (Organization)
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	New York, NY : Filmakers Library, 1994.
Subjects:	Communicable diseases > Transmission. Diseases > Causes and theories of causation. Environmentally induced diseases. Epidemics. Internet videos. Documentary films.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)

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