The new killer germs : what you need to know about deadly diseases of the twenty-first century / Pete Moore.

  • Moore, Pete, 1962-
Date:
2006
  • Books

About this work

Publication/Creation

London : Carlton, 2006.

Physical description

256 pages, 8 pages of plates : color illustrations ; 22 cm

Contributors

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Contemporary complacency -- Lessons from history -- Bacteria and antibiotics -- Engineering Armageddon -- Antibiotic resistance -- Dead disease -- SARS -- AIDS -- ... And then you dissolve -- The viral good guys -- PR is for prions -- The mighty mosquito -- Foot-and-mouth -- Healthcare acquired infections -- The risk of recession.

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  • LocationStatus
    Medical Collection
    WA110 2006M82n
    Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 1844423522