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We use antibacterial soap to wash our hands. We swab our doorknobs and phones with antibacterial wipes. We pop antibiotics at the first sign of disease — all because of our fear of infection. But we are all infected. From before birth until after death, infection is what makes us human. Veteran immunologist, essayist, award-winning scientist, and author Gerald N. Callahan explores our infectious world to reveal incredible discoveries in the study and treatment of infectious diseases:
  • Infection plays a significant role in many chronic ailments, including schizophrenia, gastric ulcers, and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
  • Physicians are successfully treating gastrointestinal and other human diseases by infecting their patients with parasitic worms.
  • Antibiotic overuse and a false sense of security have led to the resurgence of several diseases we thought were conquered and have created new threats.
Infection is an informative look at the microorganisms that ensure our health and sometimes take it from us. For better or worse, infection shapes our lives.

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"[H]uman-interest stories and vivid accounts of historic events enliven his text." Kirkus Reviews

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"Callahan writes of an at-times unpleasant topic in clear, reader-friendly language." Booklist
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Callahan grew up near Salt Lake City, Utah
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You will never look at the world, or yourself, or your loved ones, quite the same, after reading this book. Instead of thinking of germs and viruses as things which occasionally invade us when we are sick, Gerald N. Callahan's Infection, the Uninvited Universe, explains how the evolution of every living thing on earth is intertwined with the evolution of bacteria, germs, prions, virues, retroviruses, and how this co-existence has impacts in unexpected ways, such as causing or contributing to behavior, our sanity, or lack thereof. Truly fascinating reading, well written and easy for laymen to understand, but not dumbed down science.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780312348465
Subtitle:
The Uninvited Universe
Author:
Callahan, Gerald N.
Publisher:
St. Martin's Press
Subject:
General
Subject:
Infectious Diseases
Subject:
Infection
Subject:
Bacteriology
Subject:
Life Sciences - Bacteriology
Publication Date:
November 2006
Binding:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Pages:
288
Dimensions:
8.30x6.30x1.03 in. 1.01 lbs.
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