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Friday > Archives > 2002 > August > August 2, 2002:
Hour Two: Emerging Illnesses
In this hour of Science Friday, Ira
and guests talk about the frightening news that vancomycin, the antibiotic of last resort
is no longer effective against some staph infections. What do we do now?
Plus, a look at emerging infections, including drug resistant superbugs, food-borne
illnesses and new bioterror threats. And the spreading West Nile virus
Call in with your comments and questions at 1-800-989-8255, and
share your opinions online in our Listeners'
Lounge (registration
required).
Guests:
Madeline Drexler
Author,
"Secret Agents: The Menace of Emerging Infections" (2002, Joseph Henry
Press)
Boston, Massachusetts
Stuart Levy, M.D.
Author, "The
Antibiotic Paradox" (Perseus Press, 2002.)
Director, Center
for Adaptation Genetics and Drug Resistance
Professor, Medicine and Molecular Biology & Microbiology
Tufts University School of Medicine
Boston, Massachusetts
Stephen Ostroff
Deputy director, National Center
for Infectious Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, Georgia
Books/Articles Discussed:
Related Links:
The Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention
CDC Emerging Infectious Disease
journal
World Health Organization Emerging
and other Communicable Diseases Surveillance and Control
American Society for Microbiology
Medical Nuclear, Biological, Chemical
Information Server
The World Antibiotic Resistance Network
This segment produced by Karin
Vergoth
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