Introduction: SARS, the newest killer
The case of Jeannie Brown
The bioterrorism challenge: meeting the threat
Our ailing pathogen alert system: germs from abroad
Mad cow and chronic wasting disease: the strange horrors of prions
E. coli gone bad: runaway bacterial evolution
Bacterial resistance: the dangers of antibiotics and hospitals
The next flu pandemic: rapidly mutating viruses
TB again: the fight-then-forget cycle
Ticking time bombs: chronic diseases combing forces