Infectious

A woman’s innocuous cold symptoms mask a debilitating rare tick infection. A young man develops shingles then suffers blinding head pain later in life.  After years of frustration, a family eradicates head lice forever. 

Infectious follows on from Frank Bowden’s 2011 Gone Viral but deals much more with everyday infectious diseases - the flu, colds, sore throats and head lice. 

It also tackles topical and critical issues in modern medical practice - the emergence of antibiotic resistance, the Ebola epidemic, the Lyme Disease controversy and the causes of chronic fatigue.

Praise for Gone Viral

‘Witty, engaging and poignant’   — Fiona Capp, the Age

‘An excellent storyteller’   — Leigh Dayton, the Australian

‘A wonderful communicator, but also a skilled educator and visionary medical professional’ 

— Catriona Ooi, Royal Australian College of Physicians News