Gone viral
Subtitle: the germs that share our lives
By: Frank Bowden
Publisher: NewSouth; NewSouth Publishing
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Sydney, N.S.W
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9781742245614; 9781742240541; 9781742232737
Subjects: HEALTH & FITNESS; Contagious; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; SCIENCE; MEDICAL; Public Health Practice; Infectious Diseases; Communicable diseases; AIDS (Disease); Diseases; Social aspects; Public health; General; Case studies; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Communicable Diseases
Description: 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.
Table of contents: title: 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.