Super Bugs: Rogue Diseases Of The Twenty-first Century by Moore Pete - 2001

Carlton Books Ltd. New in New dust jacket. 2001. Hardcover. 1842221795 . 19 oz.; 222 pages; New HC w/DJ unread/unmarked Gift Quality. We are in a race against time to manage infectious diseases before they manage us. We are playing a dangerous game - the emergent bugs that develop and thrive in poor countries are just as capable of thriving in a wealthy society. To ignore the plight of the third world is to ignore the possibility that the developed world could be the next target of a haemorrhagic fever such as Ebola. The over-use of antibiotics has rendered some of them practically useless, as bacteria evolve to become ever-more resistant. And common, highly infectious viruses such as 'flu continue to mutate into more virulent and deadly strains. What then can we do to protect humankind from the horror of the superbugs? In Superbugs, award-winning author and scientist, Dr. Pete Moore studies the truth behind the headlines and the hyperbole and looks at what the future holds in the… Read More

London, United Kingdom: Carlton Books, Limited, 2001. First Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Fine in Fine jacket 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. pp.224 with index. If you care about the human race then this is a book you cannot afford to read. clean tight unread copy with tanning to text pages

Carlton Books Ltd. Very Good in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2001. Hardcover. 1842221795 . A very good hardcover in a very good plus dustwrapper. The book is in clean black boards with sharp corners, bumped to the spine ends with slight spine lean, no writing or stamps, clean pages. The bright dustwrapper is unclipped, a touch creased to the edges. Carefully packaged and posted within 48 hours from our wee bookshop in Scotland.; 240 pages .

London: Carlton Books Ltd, 2001. hardcover. very good/torn. 8vo. pp.222