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This item is only available for Canadian orders.
Catalogue Number: 600151
Producer: Human Relations Media
Subject: Science
Language: English
Grade Level: 9 - 12, Post Secondary
Country Of Origin: United States
Copyright Year: 1996
Running Time: 26
Closed Captions: Yes
The Rising Threat of Infectious Diseases
This item is only available for Canadian orders.Catalogue Number: 600151
Producer: Human Relations Media
Subject: Science
Language: English
Grade Level: 9 - 12, Post Secondary
Country Of Origin: United States
Copyright Year: 1996
Running Time: 26
Closed Captions: Yes
Program reveals how all sorts of infectious diseases such as HIV or tuberculosis and others are an increasing danger to human beings. Viewers will learn the history of man's fight against microbes from the Bubonic plague to smallpox, the invention of the vaccine, and penicillin. The evolution of bacteria, and the role of humans in this ongoing evolution, is also discussed.
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