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Shiv Sudhakar, MD, is a fellow of the Infectious Disease Society of America and works as a physician in California. He has co-authored over 10 peer-reviewed research articles and given 20 scientific presentations.

To Dr. Sudhakar, humor is the best medicine. He was inspired to write on his first day of medical school. The writing bug influenced him to not only write about bugs, but treat them as an infectious disease specialist.

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