1. The microbial world -- 2. Magic bullets -- 3. The mosquito plague -- 4. Killer beans -- 5. Neither hurry, curry nor worry : blood type and disease -- 6. Inhospitable red cells -- 7. Tainted water -- 8. The cholera morbus -- 9. The burning fever -- 10. The salty sweat disease -- 11. The super mutation -- 12. Natural-born killer -- 13. The king of terrors -- 14. Gene splicers -- 15. Reversing the code -- 16. Battle of the genomes
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