communicable diseases

An overview of infectious diseases that covers the human immune response and provides information on the transmission, life cycle, course of infection, diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and social, legal, and cultural aspects of a number of diseases.

Examines the most significant discoveries in the study and treatment of infectious diseases throughout history.

Argues that serious illnesses are caused by a plague of chronic infections and not by a person's genes and lifestyle.

Thomas Hunter, having enjoyed a fifteen-year respite from the dreams that had him going to sleep in one world and waking in another, once again finds himself caught between two realities--both of which hang on the verge of destruction.

Presents the view that it is important to determine the evolutionary biology of pathogens in order to successfully fight infectious diseases.

Follows the explorations of scientists who research the fatal maladies known as prion diseases, tracking the origin of the stealthy plague to a cannibal feast in New Guinea in 1950 and discussing the risk posed to those who eat meat.

A collection of articles that profile the men and women who are working to fight the world's worst diseases, including AIDS, the black plague, and food-borne illnesses.

A collection of essays that explore how disease patterns have changed through human history and describe key epidemics and discoveries and the people involved in them.

Dr. John Stapleton, embittered by the deaths of his wife and daughters in a plane crash and the loss of his ophthalmology practice to AmeriCare, retrains for a career in forensic pathology where he uncovers a plot by the health care giant to kill off its more costly subscribers.

In a dystopian future, most of the population is infected with a plague, expect those who live outside the Safe Land's city walls, but when a mutation in the plague sends city enforcers looking for the uninfected, Levi's village is raided and Levi's fianc?e is taking captive, then Levi launches a war against the city in an attempt to free her before it's too late.