Instructors in various medical specialties, British but for one Georgian, have selected 40 case histories to help students learn how to approach and understand infectious diseases. Profiling diseases that cause the most morbidity and mortality worldwide, they follow the natural history of infection from point of entry of the pathogen through pathogenesis, clinical presentation, diagnosis, and treatment. Then the same five questions are asked about each case to encourage students to think about infections in a common sequence. Other learning aids for each case include multiple-choice review questions, summary bullet points, a reference list, a further reading list, and some relevant reliable websites. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)