Films for the Humanities and Sciences

New Killers

In this program, four chilling case studies—cryptosporidiosis, CJD, staph superbug MRSA, and ehrlichiosis—demonstrate that humankind is being threatened by new enemies. Thirty unique and deadly pathogens have appeared in the past 25 years to wage an unrelenting war on humanity. Experts including epidemiologist Dr. Robert Sheretz, from Wake Forest University, and neurologist Dr. Richard Abbott, from the Leicester Royal Infirmary, detail outbreaks in Wisconsin, North Carolina, Tennessee, and England. A Discovery Channel Production. (51 minutes)

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Item#: BVL33415
Copyright date: ©2002
VHS ISBN 978-0-7365-9461-5
DVD ISBN 978-0-7365-9488-2

Part of the Series : 21st-Century Outbreak


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