Invincible Microbe: Tuberculosis and the Never-Ending Search for a Cure
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0618535748
ISBN 13
9780618535743
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Publication Year
2012
Publisher
Pages
160
Description
This is the story of a killer that has been striking people down for thousands of years:tuberculosis. After centuries of ineffective treatments, the microorganism that causesTB was identified, and the cure was thought to be within reach—but drug-resistantvarieties continue to plague and panic the human race. The “biography” of this deadlygerm, an account of the diagnosis, treatment, and “cure” of the disease over time,and the social history of an illness that could strike anywhere but was most prevalentamong the poor are woven together in an engrossing, carefully researched narrative.Bibliography, source notes, index. - from Amzon
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1
