
- 226 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
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Gone Viral: The Germs That Share Our Lives
About this book
Frank Bowden, a specialist in the field of infectious disease and sexual health, looks at one bug at a time, weaving around them the stories of his patients and their families, the doctors and the difficulties they face and the horrors and successes of hospitals and health care programs. Through Bowden's own work in the field, we encounter Swine Flu, Golden Staph, SARS, Hepatitis, and HIV, and learn crucial lessons about public health and the human experience of disease.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- About the Author
- Dedication
- Copyright
- Contents
- Author’s note
- Introduction
- 1 Under the influence
- 2 A beautiful anachronism
- 3 Life during wartime
- 4 The pricking of my thumb
- 5 Malcolm in the beginning
- 6 The Semmelweis effect
- 7 In the blood
- 8 Severe and acute? That has to be bad!
- 9 The pox under our noses
- 10 Cultures that stink
- 11 Like a blowtorch to the groin
- 12 So common it can’t be a disease
- 13 Let’s not talk about sex
- 14 The Yellow Pages
- 15 Sleepers, wake
- Glossary
- Acknowledgments
- Index to pathogens and diseases
- Back Cover