Deadliest enemy: our war against killer germs

Preface to the 2020 edition

Introduction

Black swans and red alerts

Annals of public health

White coats and worn shoes

The threat matrix

The natural history of germs

The new world order

Means of transmission: Bats, bugs, lungs, and penises

Vaccines: The sharpest arrow in our quiver

Malaria, AIDS, and TB: Lest we forget

Gain of function and dual use: The Frankenstein scenario

Bioterror: Opening Pandora's box

Ebola: Out of Africa

SARS and MERS: Harbingers of things to come

Mosquitoes: Public health enemy number one

Zika: Expecting the unexpected

Antimicrobials: The tragedy of the commons

Fighting the resistance

Influenza: The king of infectious diseases

Pandemic: From unspeakable to inevitable

Taking influenza off the table

Battle plan for survival.

Black swans and red alerts

Annals of public health

White coats and worn shoes

The threat matrix

The natural history of germs

The new world order

Means of transmission: bats, bugs, lungs, and penises

Vaccines: the sharpest arrow in our quiver

Malaria, AIDS, and TB: lest we forget

Gain of function and dual use: the Frankenstein scenario

Bioterror: opening Pandora's box

Ebola: out of Africa

SARS and MERS: harbingers of things to come

Mosquitoes: public health enemy number one

Zika: expecting the unexpected

Antimicrobials: the tragedy of the commons

Fighting the resistance

Influenza: the king of infectious diseases

Pandemic: from unspeakable to inevitable

Taking influenza off the table

Battle plan for survival.