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IN THE WAR AGAINST DISEASES, THEY ARE THE SPECIAL FORCES. They always keep a bag packed. They seldom have more than twenty-four hours' notice before they are dispatched. The phone calls that tell them to head to the airport, sometimes in the middle of the night, may give them no more information than the country they are traveling to and the epidemic they will tackle when they get there. The universal human instinct is to run from an outbreak of disease. These doctors run toward it. They are the disease detective corps of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the federal agency that tracks and tries to prevent disease outbreaks and bioterrorist attacks around the world. They are formally called the Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) -- a group founded more than fifty years ago out of fear that the Korean War might bring the use of biological weapons -- and, like intelligence operatives in the traditional sense, they perform their work largely in anonymity. They are not household names, but over the years they were first to confront the outbreaks that became known as hantavirus, Ebola virus, and AIDS. Now they hunt down the deadly threats that dominate our headlines: West Nile virus, anthrax, and SARS. In this riveting narrative, Maryn McKenna -- the only journalist ever given full access to the EIS in its fifty-three-year history -- follows the first class of disease detectives to come to the CDC after September 11, the first to confront not just naturally occurring outbreaks but the man-made threat of bioterrorism. They are talented researchers -- many with young families -- who trade two years of low pay and extremely long hours for thechance to be part of the group that has helped eradicate smallpox, push back polio, and solve the first major outbreaks of Legionnaires' disease, toxic shock syndrome, and "E. coli" O157.

Describes a dangerous new strain of E. coli, called O157:H7, which appeared in 1982, how it is spread via contaminated meat, milk, vegetables, water, or person to person, its symptoms, and methods used to handle outbreaks.

Illinois Tornado Outbreak of 1996 - The Illinois Tornado Outbreak of 1996 was a series of tornado outbreaks that occurred over a three-day period between April 19 to April 21, 1996. It was the most notable outbreak of the year, and the most prolific tornado outbreak in Illinois history.

Super Outbreak - The Super Outbreak (sometimes called Jumbo Outbreak) was the largest tornado outbreak on record. On April 3–4, 1974, 148 tornadoes hit in 13 states: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia and New York.

Lower Ohio Valley Tornado Outbreak - The Lower Ohio Valley Tornado Outbreak is a historical tornado outbreak that occurred in middle and southern Indiana, southwestern Ohio, and northern Kentucky on Saturday, June 2, 1990. By the end of the outbreak during the early morning hours on June 3, 65 tornadoes struck the Ohio River valley including seven of F4 intensity.

2005 dengue outbreak in Singapore - In the 2005 dengue outbreak in Singapore, a significant rise in the number of dengue cases is reported in Singapore, becoming the country's worst health crisis since the 2003 SARS epidemic. In October, there were signs that the dengue outbreak has peaked as the number of weekly cases has reduced and the outbreak was under control by the end of 2005.

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