Zoom in on - body invaders
By: Richard Spilsbury
Publisher: Wayland
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 30
ISBN-13: 9780750267298
Subjects: Juvenile literature; Parasites
Other titles: Body invaders
Description: Body Invaders zooms in on some of the weird and wonderful creatures - such as ticks, mites, lice and viruses - that live on and in our bodies. Learn about the creepy crawlies that live in your eyelashes, and meet the worms that feast on half-digested food in your gut.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 29) and index.
Table of contents: title: The scale of things; title: Bed bugs get biting; title: Lice on the loose; title: Eyelash bugs; title: Hop aboard the flea express; title: Ticks latch on; title: Gut-squatting worms; title: Tooth attack; title: Mosquitio hijackers; title: Worms under the skin; title: Viruses hitch a ride.