“Who would have imagined 30 years ago that we’d be curing ulcers with antibiotics?” Dr. Lorber said. “I think it’s very likely that as time goes by we will establish firmer links between transmissible agents and chronic illness. And that’s exciting because it opens the opportunity for prevention through immunization.”
Thomas R. Collins is a freelance medical writer based in Florida.
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