12: THE PHANTOM VIRUS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. FOREWORD TO THE PAPERBACK EDITION ix
4. PROLOGUE 1
5. 1: THE SHEEP ARE STRANGELY DIZZY 4
6. 2: MOLECULES AND MICROBES 13
7. 3: MAO DOGS AND EARTHWORMS 18
8. 4: SCRAPIE UNDER THE MICROSCOPE 24
9. 5: CREUTZFELOT, JAKOB, AND OTHERS 31
10. 6: SCRAPIE IS INOCULABLE 38
11. 7: AND GOATS, AND MICE 45
12. 8: SCRAPIE IS CONTAGIOUS 51
13. 9: KURU AND THE FORE PEOPLE OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA 58
14. 10: THE WALL COMES DOWN 67
15. 11: FROM PEARL NECKLACE TO DOUBLE HELIX 73
16. 12: THE PHANTOM VIRUS 81
17. 13: A TRAGEDY I N THE MAKING 87
18. 14: ONE CASE PER MILLION 93
19. 15: PRIONS 98
20. 16: APRIL 1985 104
21. 17: THE "KISS OF DEATH" 110
22. 18: THE RETURN OF THE SPONTANEISTS 119
23. 19: TO GROW-AND TO DIE 128
24. 20: LESSONS LEARNED 136
25. 21: HAVE THE COWS GONE MAD? 142
26. 22: FROM COWS TO HUMANS 153
27. 23: FROM COWS TO SHEEP? FROM HUMANS TO HUMANS? 163
28. 24: THE SECRET IN THE CLOSET 169
29. 25: UNMASKING "THE DISEASE" 176
30. 26: HAVE WE CONllUERED "THE DISEASE"? 180
31. 27: 2001 184
32. EPILOGUE 199
33. NOTES 205
34. BIBLIOGRAPHY 215
35. CHRONOLOGY 217
36. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 225
37. INDEX 227