1. A dozen of the disease detectives flew in a chartered plane last week to Palm Beach County to assist state and county public health investigators in the investigation. 2. ABC is filming a pilot for a series about the disease detectives of the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 3. After a flurry of phone calls, Baltimore disease detectives swing into action to determine whether a bioterrorism attack is underway. 4. Disease detectives would work around the clock to find the source of the anthrax. 5. If there is anything the CDC is known for, it is its corps of epidemiologists, the celebrated disease detectives who travel the world tracking exotic germs. 6. It includes emergency room workers, disease detectives, laboratory technicians, and emergency-response managers, among others. 7. Local disease detectives have made Seattle and much of Washington state better prepared than most to recognize and respond to an attack of bioterrorism. 8. Some states lack federally trained epidemiologists, the disease detectives who investigate outbreaks. 9. The latest findings in view of this fact has created a puzzle for disease detectives to solve. 10. For the next two weeks, Reefhuis and Raghunathan were two of about a dozen CDC disease detectives trying to solve the baffling Florida anthrax puzzle. |
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