The Resource Catching breath : the making and unmaking of tuberculosis, Kathryn Lougheed
Catching breath : the making and unmaking of tuberculosis, Kathryn Lougheed
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The item Catching breath : the making and unmaking of tuberculosis, Kathryn Lougheed represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 4 library branches.
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- 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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 272 pages
- Note
- Includes index
- Contents
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- 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 sleep
- 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
- Isbn
- 9781472930330
- Label
- Catching breath : the making and unmaking of tuberculosis
- Title
- Catching breath
- Title remainder
- the making and unmaking of tuberculosis
- Statement of responsibility
- Kathryn Lougheed
- Subject
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- Tuberculosis
- SCIENCE -- Life Sciences | Microbiology
- MEDICAL -- Diseases
- trueInfection
- trueScience Writing -- Medicine and health | Illness and disease
- History
- HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases | Respiratory
- trueScience Writing -- Medicine | Illness and Disease
- trueTuberculosis
- trueDiseases -- Social aspects
- trueHistory Writing -- Plague and Famine
- trueCommunicable diseases
- trueTuberculosis -- History
- trueLungs -- Diseases
- truePeople with tuberculosis
- Language
- eng
- 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
- Summary
- A former tuberculosis researcher follows the history of the disease from an infection endured by early humans to how industrialization and urbanization helped TB become the monstrous, life-threatening disease it is today and examines the latest research in fighting it
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10578803
- Cataloging source
- NLM
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Lougheed, Kathryn
- Dewey number
- 616.99/5009
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Series statement
- Bloomsbury sigma series
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Tuberculosis
- Tuberculosis
- HEALTH & FITNESS
- MEDICAL
- SCIENCE
- Tuberculosis
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- the making and unmaking of tuberculosis
- Label
- Catching breath : the making and unmaking of tuberculosis, Kathryn Lougheed
- Note
- Includes index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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 sleep -- 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
- Control code
- ocn992994951
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- 272 pages
- Isbn
- 9781472930330
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)992994951
- Label
- Catching breath : the making and unmaking of tuberculosis, Kathryn Lougheed
- Note
- Includes index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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 sleep -- 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
- Control code
- ocn992994951
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- 272 pages
- Isbn
- 9781472930330
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)992994951
Subject
- trueCommunicable diseases
- trueDiseases -- Social aspects
- HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases | Respiratory
- History
- trueHistory Writing -- Plague and Famine
- trueInfection
- trueLungs -- Diseases
- MEDICAL -- Diseases
- truePeople with tuberculosis
- SCIENCE -- Life Sciences | Microbiology
- trueScience Writing -- Medicine and health | Illness and disease
- trueScience Writing -- Medicine | Illness and Disease
- Tuberculosis
- trueTuberculosis
- trueTuberculosis -- History
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