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Edited by Keith Cartwright. 316 pp. New York, John Wiley, 1995. $99.95. ISBN 0-471-95259-1.

Fear is a great motivator, as exemplified by the reactions to the Ebola virus and the human immunodeficiency virus. Among the most dreaded bacteria, the foremost is the meningococcus, which can kill a healthy adolescent in a matter of hours. In today's climate of alarm about emerging pathogens, it is appropriate to recall the virulence of this ancient pathogen.

This book is aimed at clinical and research-oriented infectious-disease specialists. But it is not a compilation of the latest in molecular basic science, as evidenced by the lack of detailed discussions of the molecular lessons to be learned from study of . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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