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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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Author:   David Grove (Retired, formerly Clinical Professor of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, The University of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.20cm , Height: 5.30cm , Length: 24.10cm
Weight:   1.044kg
ISBN:  

9780199641024

ISBN 10:   0199641021
Pages:   612
Publication Date:   19 December 2013
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Infection: the search for its causes Worms 1: Ascaris - the giant intestinal roundworm 2: Tapeworms 3: Hookworm anaemia 4: Schistosomiasis (sometimes called Bilharziasis) 5: Filariasis (elephantiasis) Arthropods 6: Lice (pediculosis) 7: The itch (scabies) Fungi 8: Tinea (ringworm etc) 9: Candida (thrush) Protozoa 10: Giardiasis 11: Amoebic dysentery and liver abscess 12: Malaria 13: Sleeping sickness (African trypanosomiasis) 14: Cutaneous leishmaniasis (Oriental sore) and visceral leishmaniasis (kala azar) 15: Chagas' disease (South American trypanosomiasis) Bacteria 16: The germ theory of disease 17: Anthrax 18: Tuberculosis (consumption) 19: Leprosy (Hansen's disease) 20: The golden staphylococcus 21: The streptococcus and post-streptococcal disorders 22: The pneumococcus and pneumonia 23: Gonorrhoea (the clap) 24: Syphilis (the pox) 25: The meningococcus and meningitis 26: Diphtheria 27: Whooping cough (pertussis) 28: Cholera 29: Typhoid fever 30: Escherichi coli 31: Shigella (bacillary dysentery) 32: Tetanus (lockjaw) 33: Plague (the Black Death) 34: Brucellosis (undulant fever) 35: Legionnaires' disease 36: Helicobacter pylori and peptic ulcers 37: Typhus 38: Chlamydia (urethritis and trachoma) Viruses 39: The discovery of viruses and determination of their nature 40: Smallpox 41: Rabies 42: Yellow fever 43: Dengue fever (break-bone fever) 44: Poliomyelitis (polio) 45: Measles (rubeola) 46: German measles (rubella) 47: Mumps 48: Varicella (chickenpox and shingles 49: Herpes simplex (cold sores and more) 50: Glandular fever (infectious mononucleosis) 51: Influenza (the flu) 52: Viral hepatitis (A, B, and C) 53: HIV and AIDS Prions 54: Kuru, Mad cows and variant Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease IX. Unde venis et quo vadis? References Glossary and pronunciation Further reading Person Index Subject index

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Fascinating. Northern Echo

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David Ian Grove graduated in medicine and surgery from the University of Adelaide in 1967, and was later awarded the degrees of doctor of medicine by that university and doctor of science by the University of Western Australia. He has a diploma in tropical medicine and hygiene from the University of Sydney and is a Fellow of both the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia. He has worked in Australia, Papua New Guinea, the USA, the Philippines and the UK. For the 18 years prior to his retirement, he was director of the department of clinical microbiology and infectious diseases at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woodville, South Australia and clinical professor of microbiology and of infectious diseases in the University of Adelaide. He has written over 190 original articles and chapters in books, edited Strongyloidiasis: A Major Roundworm Infection of Man and written the acclaimed A History of Human Helminthology.

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