The science, disease, and public heatlh Krasner, Robert I. creator text mau Sudbury, Mass Jones and Bartlett Publishers 2010 2nd ed. monographic eng

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xx, 476 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm. 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. Robert Krasner. Includes index. Medical microbiology Communicable Diseases, Emerging Microbiology QR46.K7 2010 616.9/041 9780763756895 (alk. paper) 2009013469 DNLM/DLC 090331 20120904161142.0 15681750