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The microbial challenge : a public health perspective /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Krasner, Robert I.
Other Authors: Shors, Teri
Format: Printed Book
Published: Burlington, Mass. : Jones & Bartlett Learning, c2014.
Edition:3rd ed.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Identifying the challenge
  • The microbial world
  • The beneficial aspects of microbes: the other side of the coin
  • Bacteria
  • Viruses and prions
  • Bacterial genetics
  • Concepts of microbial disease
  • Epidemiology and cycle of microbial disease
  • Bacterial diseases
  • Viral and prion diseases
  • Protozoans , helminthic, and fungal diseases
  • The immune response
  • Control of microbial diseases
  • Partnerships in the control of infectious diseases
  • Biological weapons
  • Current plagues
  • The unfinished agenda.