Thomas J. O'Brien
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Product Description The AIDS virus has undergone a subtle genetic mutation, known as as TATA box insertion, giving it the terrifying ability to spread
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through insect bites. As the puzzling epidemic takes wing during a hot, humid Baltimore summer, chief forensic pathologist Dr. Steve Ellis is faced with its sixth victim, and you are pulled along into the chilling realm of the medical autopsy theatre to experience the disturbing macabre scene hands-on. About the Author Dr. Thomas J. O'Brien is one of North America's most credible forensic pathologists with an extensive diagnostic and research career which has explored some of the world's most vexing emerging epidemics over the last decade. Mad Cow Disease, West-Nile virus, AIDs, are just some of the infectious deadly diseases which cross from species to species with gripping consequences for mankind. Through the character of Dr. Steven Ellis, these emerging medical crises are brought forward through characterization and plot lines which are expected to be appealing to readers of medical thrillers. Dr. Ellis, Baltimore's chief medical forensic pathologist, through his idiosyncratic views of life, science & society, carries the reader from chilling unexpected beginnings to unanticipated conclusions.
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