Diagnosis: Unknown

Name: Diagnosis: Unknown
Released: 2002-10-02T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Patrick O'Neal

TV Show · Documentary · Crime

An in-depth look at how science fights against the lethal germs and sudden epidemics responsible for health crises.

2002 · 49m

EPISODE 1

Tracking a Killer

Doctors in Virginia treat six cases of pneumonia in one night, while tests confirm an outbreak of legionnaire's disease.
EPISODE 2

Tainted Blood

A fatal blood disorder kills twenty-one in New Mexico and five other states report symptoms; it takes six months of investigation to reveal the cause.
EPISODE 3

New Epidemic

After a specialist reports two patients with neurological disorders, further cases appear and several die; tests confirm the source of the outbreak.
EPISODE 4

Invisible Threat

When apparently unrelated outbreaks of shigellosis strike, the source is traced back to a strain of bacteria from food served at local restaurants.
EPISODE 5

Summer Exposure

A man is diagnosed with tularemia, a disease that's so infectious it's on the US government's list of bioterrorism agents.
EPISODE 6

Unlikely Source

An Ontario hospital is flooded with patients afflicted with fever, nausea and gastrointestinal problems caused by a deadly strain of E coli.