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World Service,23 Jun 1999,28 mins

Disease Detectives

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A look at viruses and the search for vaccines and anti-viral drugs. Includes an examination of the efforts to deal with Ebola and to prevent a repeat of the influenza epidemic of 1918. Contributors include William Stone, a 1918 flu pandemic survivor.

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