Gone viral : the germs that share our lives

Gone viral : the germs that share our lives / Frank Bowden.

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.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bowden, Frank
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Sydney, N.S.W. : NewSouth, ©2011.
Subjects:
Communicable diseases > Case studies.
Public health > Social aspects > Case studies.
AIDS (Disease) > Social aspects > Case studies.
Communicable diseases.
Sexually transmitted diseases.
AIDS (Disease)
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > Contagious.
MEDICAL > Infectious Diseases.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
SCIENCE > General.
Sexually transmitted diseases
AIDS (Disease) > Social aspects
Communicable diseases
Public health > Social aspects
Case studies
Case studies.
Études de cas.
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Table of Contents:
  • Author's note; Introduction; Under the influence; A beautiful anachronism; Life during wartime; The pricking of my thumb; Malcolm in the beginning; The Semmelweis effect; In the blood; Severe and acute? That has to be bad!; The pox under our noses; Cultures that stink; Like a blowtorch to the groin; So common it can't be a disease; Let's not talk about sex; The Yellow Pages; Sleepers, wake; Glossary; Acknowledgments; Index to pathogens and diseases.

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