The microbial challenge - Krasner, Robert I. (Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2010)
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.
Includes index.
Keywords: Medical microbiology; Communicable Diseases, Emerging; Microbiology