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Author Lougheed, Kathryn, author.

Title Catching breath : the making and unmaking of tuberculosis / Kathryn Lougheed.

Publication Info. London, UK : Bloomsbury Sigma, 2017.
©2017

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 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  616.99 LOUGHEED    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  616.995 LOU    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  616.995 LOUGHEED    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  616.995 LOU    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  579 LOU    DUE 06-28-23 Billed
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  616.995 LOUGHEED    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  616.995 LOUGHEED    Check Shelf
Description 272 pages ; 23 cm.
Series Bloomsbury sigma series
Bloomsbury sigma series.
Note Includes index.
Contents Introduction: I caught TB from my pet cat -- Bringing the dead back to life -- From moo to man and back again -- Didn't we already cure it? -- All that glitters -- Thanks for the memories -- The human universe -- Huber the Tuber's 20-tuberculear sheep -- Growing fat on the Atkins diet -- Killing the unkillable -- The drugs don't work -- A barometer of inequality -- Ratting out the missing 3 million -- New drugs for bad bugs -- Epilogue: TB continued.
Summary "Catching Breath--the story of one of the world's oldest diseases--looks at the hidden biology behind the interaction of Mycobacterium tuberculosis with its human host, and shows how drug resistance, the HIV epidemic, poverty and inequality work together to ensure that TB remains one of the most serious problems in world medicine."--Jacket flap.
Subject Tuberculosis.
Tuberculosis -- History.
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary.
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary -- history.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Respiratory.
MEDICAL -- Diseases.
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Microbiology.
Tuberculosis. (OCoLC)fst01158499
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN 9781472930330 (hardback)
1472930339 (hardback)
9781472930347 (paperback)
1472930347 (paperback)
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