The microbial challenge : science, disease, and public heatlh / Robert l. Krasner.

Sudbury, Massachusetts : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, [2010]

xx, 476 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 26 cm

Second Edition.

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.