Krasner, Robert I. <br/><br/>
The microbial challenge :  science, disease, and public heatlh / 
Robert Krasner. 
 - 2nd ed. 
 - Sudbury, Mass. :  Jones and Bartlett Publishers,  c2010. 
 - xx, 476 p. :  ill. (some col.) ; 
<br/><br/> Includes index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780763756895 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Medical microbiology.<br/>Communicable Diseases, Emerging.<br/>Microbiology.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>616.9041 KRA