Priscilla Wald, Contagious: cultures, carriers, and the outbreak narrative, Durham, NC, and London, Duke University Press, 2008, pp. xi, 373, illus., £55.00 (hardback 978-0-8223-4128-4); £13.99 (paperback 978-0-8223-4153-6).

Richard McKay

doi:10.1017/S0025727300003732

Priscilla Wald, Contagious: cultures, carriers, and the outbreak narrative, Durham, NC, and London, Duke University Press, 2008, pp. xi, 373, illus., £55.00 (hardback 978-0-8223-4128-4); £13.99 (paperback 978-0-8223-4153-6).

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Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine, University of Oxford

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Information: Medical History , Volume 53 , Issue 2 , April 2009 , pp. 300 - 301

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Priscilla Wald, Contagious: cultures, carriers, and the outbreak narrative, Durham, NC, and London, Duke University Press, 2008, pp. xi, 373, illus., £55.00 (hardback 978-0-8223-4128-4); £13.99 (paperback 978-0-8223-4153-6).

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