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Adventures of a female medical detective : in pursuit of smallpox and AIDS, Mary Guinan, PhD, MD, with Anne D. Mather
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- Summary
- In this memoir, Guinan describes 12 stories of her experiences in dealing with smallpox, AIDS, and other outbreaks. She presents them as a series of investigative “cases,” detailing how she worked with an outbreak of a bacterial blood infection in the intensive care unit of a large military hospital, how she joined India's Smallpox Eradication Program in 1974, her research on herpes, her work with Afghan refugees in Pakistan, her work with HIV/AIDS, and her work on a listeriosis outbreak in the milk industry
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- x, 123 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
-
- 29
- 4
- Dr. Herpes
- 35
- 5
- Healthcare Workers and Enemy Information in a War Zone, Pakistan, 1980
- 45
- 6
- An AIDS Needlestick at a Rundown Hotel in San Francisco, 1982
- 53
- 1
- 7
- ACT UP Acts Up at CDC over the Definition of AIDS for Women
- 63
- 8
- HIV-infected Preacher's Wife
- 71
- 9
- Few Safe Places
- 75
- 10
- My First Outbreak Investigation
- Expert Witness for John Doe, the Pharmacist, 1991
- 79
- 11
- Milk Industry Challenges CDC over the Source of a Listeriosis Outbreak
- 93
- 12
- On Getting AIDS from a Toilet Seat and Other STD Myths and Taboos
- 707
- 3
- 2
- Something to Believe In: Operation Smallpox Zero
- 13
- 3
- A Gift of an Elephant
- Isbn
- 9781421419992
- Label
- Adventures of a female medical detective : in pursuit of smallpox and AIDS
- Title
- Adventures of a female medical detective
- Title remainder
- in pursuit of smallpox and AIDS
- Statement of responsibility
- Mary Guinan, PhD, MD, with Anne D. Mather
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In this memoir, Guinan describes 12 stories of her experiences in dealing with smallpox, AIDS, and other outbreaks. She presents them as a series of investigative “cases,” detailing how she worked with an outbreak of a bacterial blood infection in the intensive care unit of a large military hospital, how she joined India's Smallpox Eradication Program in 1974, her research on herpes, her work with Afghan refugees in Pakistan, her work with HIV/AIDS, and her work on a listeriosis outbreak in the milk industry
- Biography type
- autobiography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Guinan, Mary E
- Dewey number
- 610.82
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- R692
- LC item number
- .G85 2016
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- NLM call number
-
- 2016 E-171
- WZ 100
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Mather, Anne D.
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Guinan, Mary
- Epidemiology
- Epidemiologists
- Women physicians
- Women in medicine
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Adventures of a female medical detective : in pursuit of smallpox and AIDS, Mary Guinan, PhD, MD, with Anne D. Mather
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-118) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- 29
- 4
- Dr. Herpes
- 35
- 5
- Healthcare Workers and Enemy Information in a War Zone, Pakistan, 1980
- 45
- 6
- An AIDS Needlestick at a Rundown Hotel in San Francisco, 1982
- 53
- 1
- 7
- ACT UP Acts Up at CDC over the Definition of AIDS for Women
- 63
- 8
- HIV-infected Preacher's Wife
- 71
- 9
- Few Safe Places
- 75
- 10
- My First Outbreak Investigation
- Expert Witness for John Doe, the Pharmacist, 1991
- 79
- 11
- Milk Industry Challenges CDC over the Source of a Listeriosis Outbreak
- 93
- 12
- On Getting AIDS from a Toilet Seat and Other STD Myths and Taboos
- 707
- 3
- 2
- Something to Believe In: Operation Smallpox Zero
- 13
- 3
- A Gift of an Elephant
- Control code
- ocn927377853
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- x, 123 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781421419992
- Lccn
- 2015034008
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Note
- 614.4 G947 ; XX-N ; [A16BP045, #4, 4@24.95, ES/CD]
- Other control number
- 40025902302
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 927377853
- (OCoLC)927377853
- Label
- Adventures of a female medical detective : in pursuit of smallpox and AIDS, Mary Guinan, PhD, MD, with Anne D. Mather
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-118) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- 29
- 4
- Dr. Herpes
- 35
- 5
- Healthcare Workers and Enemy Information in a War Zone, Pakistan, 1980
- 45
- 6
- An AIDS Needlestick at a Rundown Hotel in San Francisco, 1982
- 53
- 1
- 7
- ACT UP Acts Up at CDC over the Definition of AIDS for Women
- 63
- 8
- HIV-infected Preacher's Wife
- 71
- 9
- Few Safe Places
- 75
- 10
- My First Outbreak Investigation
- Expert Witness for John Doe, the Pharmacist, 1991
- 79
- 11
- Milk Industry Challenges CDC over the Source of a Listeriosis Outbreak
- 93
- 12
- On Getting AIDS from a Toilet Seat and Other STD Myths and Taboos
- 707
- 3
- 2
- Something to Believe In: Operation Smallpox Zero
- 13
- 3
- A Gift of an Elephant
- Control code
- ocn927377853
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- x, 123 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781421419992
- Lccn
- 2015034008
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Note
- 614.4 G947 ; XX-N ; [A16BP045, #4, 4@24.95, ES/CD]
- Other control number
- 40025902302
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 927377853
- (OCoLC)927377853
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