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RECORD NUMBER: 110 OF 121Main Title | The microbial challenge : science, disease, and public heatlh / | |||||||||||
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Author | Krasner, Robert I. | |||||||||||
Publisher | Jones and Bartlett Publishers, | |||||||||||
Year Published | 2010 | |||||||||||
OCLC Number | 317664342 | |||||||||||
ISBN | 9780763756895 (alk. paper); 076375689X (alk. paper) | |||||||||||
Subjects | Medical microbiology ; Communicable Diseases, Emerging ; Microbiology | |||||||||||
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Edition | 2nd ed. | |||||||||||
Collation | xx, 476 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm. | |||||||||||
Notes | Includes index. |
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Contents Notes | 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. |