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The Woman with a Worm in Her Head: & Other True Stories of Infectious Disease

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"[With] sharp storytelling," an award-winning doctor "illustrates . . . how vulnerable we all are to microscopic intruders (Jane E. Allen, Los Angeles Times).

A normal, healthy woman becomes host to a pork tapeworm that is burrowing into her brain and disabling her motor abilities.

A handsome man contracts Chicken Pox and ends up looking like the victim of a third degree burn.

A vigorous young athlete is bitten by an insect and becomes a target for flesh-eating strep.

Even the most innocuous ev...