The Microbial Challenge: Science, Disease, and Public Health, Second Edition [Paperback]

Robert Krasner (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 076375689X | ISBN-13: 978-0763756895 | Publication Date: October 13, 2009 | Edition: 2

Whether we realize it or not, microbes play an ever-present role in our daily lives. Foodborne infections, epidemics, and pandemics are frequently headline news. The Microbial Challenge: Science, Disease, and Public Health, Second Edition, presents a fascinating look at human-microbe interactions and examines the disease producers while discussing how, with knowledge-based preparation, we can live in harmony with microbes. It also discusses the ways in which beneficial microbes are involved in the cycles of nature and in the food industry, and how they are used as research tools. Ideal for undergraduate non-science majors and allied and public health students, this unique text is a hybrid of microbiology and public health and includes material on prions, helminths (worms), biological warfare and terrorism, antibiotic resistance, the global impact of microbial diseases, and immunization. The text helps students better understand the biology of the microbial world and the societal factors that are both the cause and consequences of microbial disease. With up-to-date content, current information on health organizations, including the CDC and WHO, and a new chapter on bacterial genetics, The Microbial Challenge provides a gripping account of the burden of microbial diseases throughout the world.

Product Details

• Paperback: 476 pages
• Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers; 2 edition (October 13, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 076375689X
• ISBN-13: 978-0763756895
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #97,858 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars An Amazing Perspective of our MIcrobial Challenge, December 17, 2011

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Teri Shors "Virologist" (University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Microbial Challenge: Science, Disease, and Public Health, Second Edition (Paperback)

This is a great book for a special topics beginner college class, a high school biology class, a non-majors biology or microbiology course in college or for a layperson. The book is concise, affordable and well written. Krasner's writing style uses humor which reinforces clarity of basic concepts and themes of microbiology/the microbial challenge. It's not just a book for a course...it's a book for anyone who wants to learn about germs in our world. At a time when H1N1 is in the news ....natural disasters resulting in disease outbreaks...this book explains the basics of germs and their challenges....in the past, today and into the future.