Why this book?
Symptomatic treatment (or how to bind the origin of species to the physician's desk reference)
Vectors, vertical transmission and the evolution of virulence
How to be severe without vectors
When water moves like a mosquito
Attendant-borne transmission (or how are doctors and nurses like mosquitoes, machetes and moving water?)
War and virulence
AIDS: where did it come from and where is it going?
Fight against AIDS: biomedical strategies and HIV's evolutionary responses
A look backward
A glimpse forward (or who needs Darwin)