Krasner, Robert I. <br/><br/>
The microbial challenge :  a public health perspective / 
Robert I. Krasner, Teri Shors. 
 - 3rd ed. 
 - Burlington, Mass. :  Jones & Bartlett Learning,  c2014. 
 - xxxiv, 545 p. :  col. ill. ;  includes C D 
<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 and prions -- Bacterial genetics -- Concepts of microbial disease -- Epidemiology and cycle of microbial disease -- Bacterial diseases -- Viral and prion diseases -- Protozoans , helminthic, and fungal diseases -- 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>9781449673758 (pbk.) 9781449673338 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Communicable Diseases, Emerging.<br/>Microbiological Phenomena.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>616.9/041