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9781842221501

Killer Germs : Rogue Diseases of the Twenty-First Century

  • ISBN13:

    9781842221501

  • ISBN10:

    1842221507

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2002-10-28
  • Publisher: Carlton Books
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Summary

We are in a race against time to manage infectious diseases before they manage us. We are playing a dangerous game - the emergent bugs that develop and thrive in poor countries are just as capable of thriving in a wealthy society. To ignore the plight of the third world is to ignore the possibility that the developed world could be the next target of a hemorrhagic fever such as Ebola. The over-use of antibiotics has rendered some of them practically useless, as bacteria evolve to become ever-more resistant. And common, highly infectious viruses such as flu continue to mutate into more virulent and deadly strains.

Author Biography

Dr Pete Moore, BSc, PhD, is an honorary fellow of Trinity College Bristol. He has worked on scientific committees with Members of Parliament, members of the House of Lords and the National Health Service. An award-winning writer, Pete has contributed to the Guardian, The Lancet, New Scientist, Brain.Com and BioMedNet

Table of Contents

Contemporary Complacencyp. 7
Lessons from Historyp. 28
Bacteria and Antibioticsp. 46
Antibiotic Resistancep. 70
Dead Diseasep. 101
AIDSp. 120
...And Then You Dissolvep. 140
The Viral Good Guysp. 151
PR Is for Prionsp. 161
The Mighty Mosquitop. 175
Engineering Armageddonp. 193
The Risk of Recessionp. 209
Indexp. 218
Bibliographyp. 223
Acknowledgementsp. 224
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