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BEHIND THE RESEARCH Volume 348:1079-1080 March 20, 2003 Number 12 Next

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"What the detective story is about," said the great British mystery writer P.D. James in a 1986 interview, "is not murder but the restoration of order." The same might be said for the medical version of the detective story, the report of a successful investigation into an outbreak of infection. A pathogen attacks a population, and epidemiologists restore order. The fascination of the story lies not so much in the details of the disease as in the process of diagnosis and control.

In this issue of the Journal, Martin et al. (pages 1112–1121) add a particularly satisfying chapter to the . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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From St. Luke's–Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York.

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