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The Forgotten Plague
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Title: The Forgotten Plague

Release Date: 10 Feb 2015

Runtime: 1h

Genre: Documentary, History

Director: GBH

Production Companies: GBH

Overview: Tuberculosis is the deadliest killer in human history, responsible for one in four deaths for almost two centuries. While it shaped medical pursuits, social habits, economic development and public policy, TB and its impact are poorly understood.

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Average Vote: 6.5 (4 votes)

Cast

  • Himself - Narrator (voice): Michael Murphy
  • Herself - Writer: Andrea Barrett
  • Herself - Immunologist: Andrea Cooper
  • Herself - TB Survivor: Joanne Curtis
  • Himself - TB Survivor: Sherwood Davies
  • Herself - Writer: Mary Hotaling
  • Himself - Writer: Peter Pringle
  • Herself - Author, Living in the Shadow of Death: Sheila Rothman
  • Herself - Wife: Vivian Schatz
  • Himself - TB Survivor: Whitney Seymour Jr.
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