TY - BOOK AU - Krasner,Robert I. AU - Shors,Teri TI - The microbial challenge: a public health perspective SN - 9781449673758 (pbk.) U1 - 616.9/041 PY - 2014/// CY - Burlington, Mass. PB - Jones & Bartlett Learning KW - Communicable Diseases, Emerging KW - Microbiological Phenomena N1 - Includes index; 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 ER -