bacterial infections

We can't see bacteria, but it is everywhere - in the air, in the ground, on our hands, even in our bodies. These microscopic single-celled organisms have inhabited earth far longer than humankind and live in almost all the habitats the planet provides. The study of bacteria provides fascinating insight into early history and has an endless depth of knowledge to be discovered.

Explores the role that human behavior has in creating epidemics showing how changes in agriculture, nutrition, sanitation, technology, sexual behavior, and economic conditions prepared for the spread of new diseases in the past.