Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Preface; Introduction; 1 Factors in the Emergence of Infectious Diseases; 2 The Conquest of Infectious Disease; 3 AIDS and the End of the Golden Age of Medicine; 4 Modernity, Globalisation and Emerging Infectious Diseases; 5 Mad Cows, Modern Plagues and Superbugs; 6 Dirt, Germs and the Immune System; 7 The Bioterrorism Myth; 8 EID, Security and Global Poverty; References; Index
Summary
In the 1970s it seemed infectious diseases had been conquered, but today global epidemics seem to pose a new, more sinister, threat. This fascinating study explores these new infectious diseases, such as Swine Flu, SARS and AIDS, and the re-emergence of old threats, and discusses their role in society
