Gone Viral: The germs that share our lives

By Staff Writers
Wednesday, 09 November, 2011


Frank Bowden is Professor of Medicine at the Academic Unit of Internal Medicine at ANU, and is a specialist in the field of infectious disease and sexual health. In Gone Viral he looks at one bug at a time, weaving around them the stories of his patients and their families, the doctors and the difficulties they face and the horrors and successes of hospitals and health care programs.

Through Bowden’s own work in the field, we encounter Swine Flu, Golden Staph, SARS, Hepatitis, and HIV, and learn crucial lessons about public health and the human experience of disease. In this surprising and lively book, Bowden illuminates the effect of micro-organisms on our modern lives, a story that is simultaneously hilarious, informative and deeply moving.

UNSW Press 240p paperback ISBN: 978-1-742-23273-7 RRP: $32.95

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