Catching Breath ─ The Making and Unmaking of Tuberculosis
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When our ancestors set off from the cradle of civilization on their journey toward
populating the planet forty-thousand years ago, tuberculosis hitched a ride with us and
has been with us ever since. Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the organism responsible for
TB, has learned through natural selection to be an almost perfect pathogen. The
bacterium can enter into a latent state when a host's immune system is strong, only to
come back to life when the immune system has become weakened. TB even has come
up with clever ways to avoid being killed by antibiotics. Throw in the compounding
problems of antibiotic resistance now found in every country worldwide, immune
systems weakened by the HIV epidemic and the ravages of poverty, and it's no surprise
that approximately one-third of the world's population is believed to be infected by TB.
That's more than two billion people.
Former tuberculosis researcher Kathryn Lougheed traces the history of TB through the
ages, from its time as an infection of hunter-gatherers to the first human villages, and
how industrialization and urbanization helped TB become the monstrous disease it is
today. She also looks at the latest research in fighting TB, shares interviews of doctors
on the frontline treating it, and the personal experiences of people whose lives are
threatened or decimated by the disease known as “the Robber of Youth.”
作者簡介
Kathryn Lougheed worked in tuberculosis research for more than ten years, focusing
on the biological mechanisms of latent tuberculosis and small molecule drug discovery.
She completed her Ph.D. at Imperial College London and worked at the National
Institute for Medical Research. Lougheed has published dozens of peer-reviewed
papers and was an active member of the tuberculosis research community. This is her
first book and she lives in London, England.
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