Infectious Av Prof. John S. Tregoning

<B>The human body is a marvel – but what happens when it comes under attack? A fascinating guide to why we get sick and how we get better.</B><BR><BR><B>‘The perfect gift for the armchair epidemiologist’ <I>Wall Street Journal</I></B><BR><BR><B>Nature wants you dead.</B><BR><BR>Not just you, but your children and everyone you have ever met and everyone they have ever met; in fact, <I>everyone</I>. It wants you to cough and sneeze and poop yourself into an early grave. It wants your blood vessels to burst and pustules to explode all over your body. And – until recently – it was really good at doing this…<BR><BR>The subject of infection and how to fight it grows more urgent every day. How do pathogens cause disease? And what tools can we give our bodies to do battle? <I>Infectious</I> is not only a vital overview of what goes awry in our bodies, but also a hopeful story of ongoing human ingenuity.