Tapeworms, Lice, and Prions: A compendium of unpleasant infectionsAn extraordinary array of infectious agents affects humans; from worms, arthopods, and fungi to bacteria, viruses, and prions. In this compendium of the curious and fascinating organisms that cause disease, including Legionnaire's disease, mumps, CJD, and chlamydia, David I. Grove provides a lively, fact-filled account of the nature of each organism, their life cycle, the ingenious ways in which they infect humans, and the human stories behind their discovery. |
Contents
ARTHROPODS | |
FUNGI | |
PROTOZOA | |
BACTERIA | |
Tuberculosis consumption 19 Leprosy Hansens disease | |
The golden staphylococcus | |
The pusforming streptococcus | |
Typhus | |
Chlamydia trachoma and urethritis | |
VIRUSES | |
The discovery of viruses and determination of their nature | |
Smallpox variola | |
Rabies hydrophobia | |
Yellow fever | |
Dengue fever break bone fever 44 Poliomyelitis infantile paralysis | |
The pneumococcus and pneumonia | |
Gonorrhoea the clap | |
Syphilis the pox | |
The meningococcus and meningitis | |
Diphtheria | |
Whooping cough pertussis | |
Cholera | |
Typhoid fever | |
Escherichia coli | |
Bacillary dysentery shigellosis | |
Tetanus lockjaw | |
Plague the Black Death | |
Brucellosis undulant fever | |
Legionnaires disease | |
Helicobacter pylori and peptic ulcers | |
Measles rubeola | |
German measles rubella | |
Mumps | |
Varicella chickenpox and shingles | |
Herpes simplex cold sores and more | |
Viral hepatitis A B and | |
Human Immunodeficiency Virus and the Acquired | |
PRIONS | |
UNDE VENIS ET QUO VADIS? | |
Glossary | |
Notes on Pronunciation | |
Subject Index | |
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