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Contagion (with Alexandra Kamins)

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Nov 18, 20120:57:16Science & Medicine

Alexandra Kamins , a researcher at the University of Cambridge and IOZ , brings us the messy reality behind the spread of disease, everyone's favourite apocalyptic scenario. Pestilence galore! Zoonotic disease , pandemic...

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Contagion (with Alexandra Kamins) is an episode from The Science of Fiction by The Science of Fiction. Alexandra Kamins , a researcher at the University of Cambridge and IOZ , brings us the messy reality behind the spread of disease, everyo...

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Published Nov 18, 2012, 0:57:16 long, audio available.

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Alexandra Kamins , a researcher at the University of Cambridge and IOZ , brings us the messy reality behind the spread of disease, everyone's favourite apocalyptic scenario. Pestilence galore! Zoonotic disease , pandemics/epidemics, fruit bats, Contagion , Outbreak , Ebola, badgers, the imposition of quarantine, (not) being a “helping-people doctor”, Good Omens and more. Tracklist Metallica – Four Horsemen Toto – Africa Peter, Paul and Mary – Leaving on a Jet Plane They Might Be Giants - Doctor Worm Colorized Marburg virus particles viewed with a transmission electron microscope by Microbe World Send feedback and comments to show@scienceoffiction.co.uk .

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