03055nam 2200565 450 991015745380332120210423000636.00-7456-9083-1(CKB)3710000000517044(EBL)4093331(MiAaPQ)EBC4093331(EXLCZ)99371000000051704420151209h20162016 uy 0engurcn#---mu|uutxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierHave bacteria won? /Hugh PenningtonCambridge, England ;Malden, Massachusetts :Polity,2016.©20161 online resource (78 pages)New Human Frontiers series0-7456-9079-3 0-7456-9080-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- One: Why Are We So Worried About Bacteria? -- BSE/CJD -- Necrotizing fasciitis -- Typhoid in Aberdeen -- Leprosy, Ebola and MRSA -- Clostridium difficile, Alexandria -- Two: Victories -- Smallpox -- Diphtheria and syphilis -- Gas and water socialism, pasteurization -- Diet -- Surprises -- Three: The Advance of the Mutants, and Other Novelties -- E. coli -- Salmonella -- Mutant chickens and Campylobacter -- Antibiotic resistance -- Bats and rabies, SARS and Ebola -- Four: How Our Actions Help Bacteria to Win Some Battles -- Anthrax -- Legionnaires' disease: A very modern condition; Learning lessons -- Five: Politics -- Influenza: The slippery disease -- Cholera -- Sexually transmitted diseases: HIV -- Foot and mouth disease: A very political pathogen -- Syphilis: American exceptionalism, again -- Eradication endgames – Conclusion.Today, we are far less likely to die from infection than at any other time in history, but still we worry about epidemics, the menace of antibiotic resistance and modern ‘plagues’ like Ebola. In this timely new book, eminent bacteriologist Hugh Pennington explores why these fears remain and why they are unfounded. He reports on outright victories (such as smallpox), battles where the enemy is on its last stand (polio), surprise attacks from vegetarian bats (Ebola, SARS) and demented cows (BSE). Qualified optimism, he argues, is the message for the future but the battles will go on forever.New human frontiers series.BacteriaVirusesCommunicable diseasesPreventionCommunicable diseasesTreatmentWorld healthEpidemicsHistoryBacteria.Viruses.Communicable diseasesPrevention.Communicable diseasesTreatment.World health.EpidemicsHistory.579.3Pennington T. H(Thomas Hugh),1247961MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910157453803321Have bacteria won2892738UNINA