Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Part One. Human Meets Pathogen
5. 1. The Deadly Dinner Party 3
6. 2. Everywhere That Mary Went 18
7. 3. The Baby and the Bathwater 34
8. 4. Rubbed the Wrong Way 46
9. 5. The Forbidden Fruit 58
10. Part Two. The External Environment
11. 6. Two Ticks from Jersey 75
12. 7. An Airtight Case 88
13. 8. Monday Morning Fever 102
14. 9. The Case of the Wide-Eyed Boy 116
15. Part Three. The Internal Milieu
16. 10. A Study in Scarlet 131
17. 11. The Case of the Overly Hot Honeymoon 144
18. 12. Feeling His Oats 158
19. 13. The Case of the Unhealthy Health Food 170
20. 14. Little Luisa’s Blinding Headache 184
21. 15. Too Much of a Good Thing 197
22. Sources 211
23. Index 237