The new killer germs : what you need to know about deadly diseases of the twenty-first century / Pete Moore.

London : Carlton, 2006.

256 pages, 8 pages of plates : color illustrations ; 22 cm

Contemporary complacency -- Lessons from history -- Bacteria and antibiotics -- Engineering Armageddon -- Antibiotic resistance -- Dead disease -- SARS -- AIDS -- ... And then you dissolve -- The viral good guys -- PR is for prions -- The mighty mosquito -- Foot-and-mouth -- Healthcare acquired infections -- The risk of recession.

Includes bibliographical references and index.