The Perfect Predator: A Scientist's Race to Save Her Husband from a Deadly Superbug: A Memoir

The Perfect Predator: A Scientist's Race to Save Her Husband from a Deadly Superbug: A Memoir

A memoir of one woman's effort to save her husband's life-and the discovery of a forgotten cure that has the potential to save millions more.

Epidemiologist Steffanie Strathdee and her husband, psychol…

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