The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Dangerous Diseases & Epidemics offers a comprehensive focus on the origins of lethal diseases and plagues in early human populations; a look at viruses and harmful bacteria and how our immune system works to fight them off; great epidemics of the past and their biological/social/psychological impact on humans; killer germs of the present: AIDS, Ebola, Hantavirus, Legionnaires Disease, and several more that threaten to wipe out large human populations; today's present concerns with bioterrorism.; and preventative measures that individuals, scientists and governments should take to reduce the chances of future outbreaks.