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Peterson, Phillip K.,. Microbes: the life-changing story of germs / Phillip K. Peterson. — 1 online resource. — WlAbNL Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK). — <URL:http://elib.fa.ru/ebsco/2639659.pdf>.

Record create date: 12/18/2019

Subject: Microorganisms — Popular works.; Medical microbiology — Popular works.; Vaccines — Popular works.; Medical microbiology.; Microorganisms.; Vaccines.; Health & Fitness: Diseases / Contagious.; Science: Life Sciences / Bacteriology.

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"With straight-forward and engaging writing, infectious diseases physician Phillip Peterson surveys how our understanding of viruses has changed throughout history, from early plagues and pandemics to more recent outbreaks like HIV/AIDS, Ebola, and the Zika virus. Microbes also takes on contemporary issues like the importance of vaccinations in the face of the growing anti-vaxxer movement, as well as the rise of cutting-edge health treatments like fecal transplants. Microbes explains for general readers where these germs came from, what they do to and for us, and what can be done to stop the bad actors and foster the benefactors"--.

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Table of Contents

  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Note to the Reader
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Part One: Intimate Friends
    • 1 The Tree of Life
    • 2 It’s a Microbial World
    • 3 The Human Microbiome
    • 4 Departments of Bodily Defense
    • 5 It’s All Connected
  • Part Two: Mortal Enemies
    • 6 What Has Plagued Us?
    • 7 Killer Viruses
    • 8 The Buzz on Mosquito-Borne Infections
    • 9 Microbes in Flight
    • 10 Don’t Breathe This Air
    • 11 Microbes in the Woods
    • 12 What’s in the Beef?
    • 13 Gut Reactions
    • 14 When Beauty Isn’t Skin Deep
    • 15 The Perils of Antibiotic Misuse
  • Part Three: Germs in the Future
    • 16 The Straight Poop on Fecal Transplants
    • 17 Healing with Friendly Bacteria and Fungi
    • 18 Healing with Friendly Viruses
    • 19 The Future of Vaccines
    • 20 Microbes and the Sixth Extinction
    • 21 Science, Ignorance, and Mystery
  • Appendix
  • Notes
  • Further Reading
  • Index

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