Description: Author Edward Willett tells the true stories of six real disease hunters. Epidemiologists travel the world trying to keep us safe from deadly diseasesfrom high-tech labs in Canada to remote villages in Africa. Learn how these "disease detectives" are coming up with new ways to fight disease, and find out if you have what it takes to become an epidemiologist, too!
Review Quotes: I couldn't put this book down, and neither will your students. What an impetus to do more research and reading! The author explores different careers in the disease-hunting science using examples of real scientists in the field, and readers will learn about the excitement inherent in these careers.