It's rare for a book about infections to appeal equally to the lay public as well as healthcare professionals. Allen Jones, M.D. of Vancouver accomplishes this with The Hidden Zoo Inside You: An illustrated guide to pesky organisms and pandemics (Granville Island Publishing $39.95), a primer about hundreds of infections—everything from the plague, Spanish flu, cholera, smallpox and ebola fever to the coronavirus—by describing and explaining them with hand written diagrams and sketches, often using amusing anecdotes and comments. Jones is a family doctor with a BSc in Zoology, MSc in Neuroscience and an MD from UBC. He also became certified in addiction medicine, his current area of practice. Dr. Jones started writing The Hidden Zoo during the Covid pandemic when he witnessed the extent of misinformation regarding the coronavirus.  9781989467664

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The Hidden Zoo Inside You: An illustrated guide to pesky organisms and pandemics (Granville Island Publishing, 2024) $39.95 9781989467664

[BCBW 2023]