The microbial challenge : science, disease, and public heatlh /
Robert Krasner.
- 2nd ed.
- Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, c2010.
- xx, 476 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
Includes index.
Identifying the challenge -- The microbial world -- The beneficial aspects of microbes : the other side of the coin -- Bacteria -- Viruses -- Bacterial genetics -- Concepts of microbial disease -- Epidemiology and cycle of microbial disease -- Bacterial diseases -- Viral diseases -- Protozoans and helminths and the diseases they cause -- The immune response -- Control of microbial diseases -- Partnerships in the control of infectious diseases -- Biological weapons -- Current plagues -- The unfinished agenda.
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--microbiology
Medical microbiology. Communicable Diseases, Emerging. Microbiology.