Tapeworms, Lice, and Prions
Tapeworms, Lice, and Prions
A compendium of unpleasant infections
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Sign in or Sign up!- Release Date: 19/12/2013
- Barcode: 9780199641024
- Genre: Non-Fiction
- Sub-Genre: Medicine
- Imprint: Oxford University Press
- Publisher: Oxford University Press

Tapeworms, Lice, and Prions
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A compendium of unpleasant infections
An extraordinary range of infectious agents affect humans, from worms, arthopods, and fungi to bacteria, viruses, and prions. Looking at the curious nature of each, David I. Grove explores their life history, the people who discovered them, and how they were identified, in this fascinating exploration of infections around the globe.
An 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.
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