Full name: Invincible Microbe: Tuberculosis and the Never-Ending Search for a Cure

Authors: Jim Murphy, Alison Blank Year: 2012 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: History, Science, Non Fiction, Historical fiction, Children Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780618535743 0618535748

This is the story of a killer that has been striking people down for thousands of years: tuberculosis. After centuries of ineffective treatments, the microorganism that causes TB was identified, and the cure was thought to be within reach--but drug-resistant varieties continue to plague and panic the human race. The "biography" of this deadly germ, an account of the diagnosis, treatment, and "cure" of the disease over time,and the social history of an illness that could strike anywhere but was most prevalent among the poor are woven together in an engrossing, carefully researched narrative. Bibliography, source notes, index. Similar books: Rabid by Bill Wasik The Devil's Flu by Pete Davies Virus X by Frank Ryan Influenza by Jeremy Brown The Remedy by Thomas Goetz Deadly Choices by Paul A. Offit Quackery by Lydia Kang Nine Pints by Rose George Get Well Soon by Jennifer Wright The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee The Coming Plague by Laurie Garrett Bad Pharma by Ben Goldacre The Panic Virus by Seth Mnookin The Mystery of the Exploding Teeth by Thomas Morris The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons by Sam Kean An American Plague by Jim Murphy Children of the Great Depression by Russell Freedman Team Moon by Catherine Thimmesh Sudden Sea by R. A. Scotti Black Potatoes by Susan Campbell Bartoletti