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Alexandra M. Levitt: Deadly Outbreaks—How Medical Detectives Save Lives Threatened by Killer Pandemics, Exotic Viruses, and Drug-Resistant Parasites

Skyhorse Publishing, New York, 2013, 222 pp, Hard cover, Illustrated, $24.95

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Emerging and re-emerging communicable diseases represent a major threat to global health. This article discusses a number of such outbreaks that are described in a recently published book authored by Alexandra M. Levitt.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, Holy Redeemer Medical Center, 1648 Huntingdon Pike, Meadowbrook, PA, 19046, USA

    Avrahom A. Gurwitz

  2. Downstate Medical Center, School of Public Health, MSC 43, State University of New York, 450 Clarkson Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11203, USA

    Pascal James Imperato

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Gurwitz, A.A., Imperato, P.J. Alexandra M. Levitt: Deadly Outbreaks—How Medical Detectives Save Lives Threatened by Killer Pandemics, Exotic Viruses, and Drug-Resistant Parasites. J Community Health 39, 191–192 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10900-013-9801-y

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