Plagues and Parasites

Presenter: Nicholas White

Published: January 2010

Age: 18-22 and upwards

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Type: Lectures

Source/institution: Royal Society

Contagions, or infectious diseases, which kill both fascinate and frighten us. Far from receding in importance as was expected fifty years ago in the heyday of new antibiotic discovery, infectious diseases remain a major cause of suffering and death in the developing world, and a constant threat to richer countries.