Emerging Viruses
- Synopsis
- Nobel Prizewinner Joshua Lederberg is among those who believe that we have grown too complacent about infectious diseases since the development of antibiotics and the control of diseases such as cholera and tuberculosis. New, lethal viruses have emerged, causing diseases such as Marburg disease in Germany, Lassa in Sierra Leona and Rift Valley fever in Egypt, to be followed by HIV in 1981. There is a hope that there is a common thread among these outbreaks and it will be possible to understand the circumstances under which a virus will spread in order to prevent the next epidemic.
- Series
- Horizon, Series
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min.
- Year of production
- 1991
- Availability
- Sale; 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)
- Notes
- Broadcast on BBC2 on 13 May 1991.
- Subjects
- Medical sciences
- Keywords
- HIV; viral infections; viruses
Credits
- Producer
- Bettina Lerner
- Contributor
- Jana Bennett
Production Company
- Name
BBC Television
Distributor
- Name
BBC Active Video for Learning - now BBC Learning
- Contact
- Carolina Fernandez Jeremy Wilcox (CF - for educational enquiries JW - channel sales manager)
- BBCStudiosLearning@bbc.com
- Web
- https://www.bbcstudioslearning.com/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- +44 (0) 20 8433 1009
- Address
- BBC Studios Limited
Television Centre
101 Wood Lane
London
W12 7FA
UK - Notes
- The BBC Active company has now been absorbed within BBC Learning, a division of BBC Studios. It was originally a joint venture between BBC Worldwide and Pearson Education. Formerly known as ‘BBC Worldwide Learning Studies’ and before that as ‘Videos for Education & Training’
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