Great courses (Compact disc)

"Course number 1511."

Disc 1. The dynamic world of infectious disease ; Bacteria: heroes and villains -- Disc 2. Viruses: hijackers of your body's cells ; Moldy menaces and fungal diseases -- Disc 3. Milestones in infectious disease history ; Antibiotics: a modern miracle lost? -- Disc 4. Which germs in your daily life matter? ; Six decades of infectious disease challenges -- Disc 5. Vaccines save lives ; The immune system: our great protector -- Disc 6. Zoonosis: germs leap from animals to humans ; Tick-borne diseases: a public health menace -- Disc 7. Food-borne illness: what's your gut feeling? ; Respiratory and brain infections -- Disc 8. Flesh-eating bacteria and blood poisoning ; STDs and other infections below the belt -- Disc 9. Stay out of the hospital! ; The nemesis of mankind: HIV and AIDS -- Disc 10. Malaria and tuberculosis: global killers ; Global travel, war, and natural disasters -- Disc 11. Influenza: past and future threat ; Bioterrorism: how worried should we be? -- Disc 12. Emerging and reemerging diseases ; Outbreak! contagion! the next pandemic!

This course will take you on a voyage through the fascinating world of infectious diseases. You will travel through the centuries and right up to current outbreaks of new, emerging and often deadly diseases. You will travel side by side with germs as they hitch rides by land, sea, and air, spreading their virulence worldwide. With many germs around us daily, this course will identify the beneficial ones and help you avoid or destroy the ones that cause disease

In two containers

Consists of twenty-four thirty-minute lectures

Each volume contains twelve lectures on six discs

Guide book included with volume 1 only

Unabridged

Lecturer: Professor Barry C. Fox, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health