Superbugs by Pete Moore, Carlton, £14.99, ISBN 1842221795
MANY people in the rich part of the world think that infectious disease is
history. It’s just not true. Victories over ills from sepsis to smallpox are
continually being eroded by the evolution of the tiny organisms that cause them.
Bacteria and viruses still see us as a meal rather than masters of the
planet.
Pete Moore does an excellent job in Superbugs of assessing the threats, not
least the threat of complacency. He is concise, well informed politically as
well as scientifically, and manages to mix basic definitions (“infectious” is
not…
