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We are facing an overwhelming army of deadly, invisible enemies. We need a plan-before it's too late. Unlike natura

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Table of contents :
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.

Deadliest enemy: our war against killer germs
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