Episode
Horizon: Outbreak: The Microbe Masters the Mould
Overview
In this episode, Horizon explores the question of when antibiotics were first developed it seemed infectious disease might be eliminated, so what has gone wrong?
Details
- Series
- Horizon
- Season
- Season 23
- Episode
- Episode 5
- Air date
- 1986-02-03
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
Outbreak: The Microbe Masters the Mould is Episode 5 in 1986 of Horizon. It aired on 1986-02-03. The runtime is 60 min.
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