LEADER 03055nam 2200565 450 001 9910157453803321 005 20210423000636.0 010 $a0-7456-9083-1 035 $a(CKB)3710000000517044 035 $a(EBL)4093331 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4093331 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000517044 100 $a20151209h20162016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn#---mu|uu 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aHave bacteria won? /$fHugh Pennington 210 1$aCambridge, England ;$aMalden, Massachusetts :$cPolity,$d2016. 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (78 pages) 225 1 $aNew Human Frontiers series 311 $a0-7456-9079-3 311 $a0-7456-9080-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- 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. 330 $aToday, we are far less likely to die from infection than at any other time in history, but still we worry about epidemics, the menace of antibiotic resistance and modern ?plagues? like Ebola. In this timely new book, eminent bacteriologist Hugh Pennington explores why these fears remain and why they are unfounded. He reports on outright victories (such as smallpox), battles where the enemy is on its last stand (polio), surprise attacks from vegetarian bats (Ebola, SARS) and demented cows (BSE). Qualified optimism, he argues, is the message for the future but the battles will go on forever. 410 0$aNew human frontiers series. 606 $aBacteria 606 $aViruses 606 $aCommunicable diseases$xPrevention 606 $aCommunicable diseases$xTreatment 606 $aWorld health 606 $aEpidemics$xHistory 615 0$aBacteria. 615 0$aViruses. 615 0$aCommunicable diseases$xPrevention. 615 0$aCommunicable diseases$xTreatment. 615 0$aWorld health. 615 0$aEpidemics$xHistory. 676 $a579.3 700 $aPennington$b T. H$g(Thomas Hugh),$01247961 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910157453803321 996 $aHave bacteria won$92892738 997 $aUNINA