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999 _c255120
_d255120
020 _a9781449673758 (pbk.)
020 _a9781449673338 (alk. paper)
082 0 0 _a616.9/041
100 1 _aKrasner, Robert I.
245 1 4 _aThe microbial challenge :
_ba public health perspective /
_cRobert I. Krasner, Teri Shors.
250 _a3rd ed.
260 _aBurlington, Mass. :
_bJones & Bartlett Learning,
_cc2014.
300 _axxxiv, 545 p. :
_bcol. ill. ;
_eincludes C D
500 _aIncludes index.
505 0 _aIdentifying 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.
650 1 2 _aCommunicable Diseases, Emerging.
650 2 2 _aMicrobiological Phenomena.
700 1 _aShors, Teri.
942 _cBK