The Krasner, Robert I. creator text Sudbury, Mass Jones and Bartlett Publishers c2010 2nd ed. monographic xx, 476 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 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. Medical microbiology Communicable Diseases, Emerging Microbiology 616.9/041 9780763756895 (alk. paper)