Shors, Teri,

Krasner's Microbial Challenge : a Public Health Perspective / Teri Shors, PhD (University of Wisconsin Oshkosh). - 4th ed. - Burlington, MA : Jones & Bartlett Learning, [2020] - xxiii, 675 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm

Preceded by The microbial challenge / Robert I. Krasner, Teri Shors. 3rd ed. c2014.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Pre-germ theory, microbiology, and medicine
2. Post-germ theory, microbiology, and medicine
3. Sanitation, clean water, and food safety
4. Identifying the challenge
5. The microbial world
6. Beneficial aspects of microbes : the other side of the coin
7. Bacteria
8. Viruses and prions
9. Bacterial genetics
10. Concepts of microbial disease
11. Epidemiology and cycle of microbial disease
12. Bacterial diseases
13. Viral and prion diseases
14. Protozoan, helminthic, and fungal diseases
15.
The immune response
16. Control of microbial diseases
17. Biological weapons, innovations, and technology
18. Partnerships in the control of infectious diseases and the unfinished agenda

9781284139181


Communicable Diseases--prevention & control
Communicable Diseases--microbiology
Microbiological Phenomena
Medical microbiology

616.9041 / SHK