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An extraordinary array of infectious agents affects humans; from worms, arthopods, and fungi to bacteria, viruses, and prions. In this compendium of the curious and fascinating organisms that cause disease, including Legionnaire's disease, mumps, CJD, and chlamydia, David I. Grove provides a lively, fact-filled account of the nature of each organism, their life cycle, the ingenious ways in which they infect humans, and the human stories behind their discovery.

Parasitic diseases. --- Prion diseases. --- Pediculosis. --- Tapeworms. --- Cestoda --- Cestodes --- Platyhelminthes --- Head lice infestation --- Lice infestation --- Phtheiriasis --- Phthiriasis --- Ectoparasitic infestations --- Encephalopathies, Spongiform --- Prion infections --- Spongiform encephalopathies --- Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies --- Unconventional slow virus diseases --- Communicable diseases --- Slow virus diseases --- Medical parasitology --- Bacterial Infections --- Mycoses --- Virus Diseases --- Parasitic Diseases --- Communicable Diseases --- Disease Vectors --- Arthropod Vectors --- Vector-pathogen relationships --- Worms as carriers of disease --- Arthropod vectors --- Pathogenic fungi --- Pathogenic bacteria --- history --- transmission --- Transmission --- Bacterial Infections - history --- Mycoses - history --- Virus Diseases - history --- Parasitic Diseases - history --- Communicable Diseases - transmission --- Communicable diseases - Transmission