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Emerging Infectious Diseases:
Ancient Scourge and Modern Menace
From an Exhibit at:
The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
19 South Twenty-Second Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103
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Wyeth-Ayerst Pharmaceuticals
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National Hygiene Foundation
Philadelphia Investment Management Group
"Very few very lethal diseases are readily transmissible from person to person, and the reason we know that is that we're here. We've built up defenses to deal with those things most of the time."
Dr. Joshua Lederberg, Nobel Laureate (1958)

