Krasner's Microbial Challenge: A Public Health Perspective, Fourth Edition is a unique resource unlike any other introductory microbiology textbook. Combining strong scientific grounding with a conversational writing style, it covers the subject through a public health lens and uses current events students encounter in the media, such as disease outbreaks, to engage and educate. The essentials to a foundational understanding of microbiology are fully covered, including bacteria, viruses and prions, microbial genetics, the human microbiome, and immunity combined with a focus on epidemiology and current challenges faced in public health. Now in a modernized fourth edition and featuring the voice of new lead author, Dr. Shors’ research and extensive virology knowledge complements the late Dr. Krasner’s student-friendly approach crafted from 50 years of teaching microbiology.

The ideal introductory text for nursing programs, non-majors microbiology, allied health, and public health programs, Krasner’s Microbial Challenge: A Public Health Perspective, Fourth Edition is user-friendly, dynamic, and humorous. Its conversational style is certain to engage students and enhance their understanding of the ongoing interactions between microbes and their human hosts.

• Part 1 Discovery of Microbes and the History of Public Health
• Chapter 1 Pre-Germ Theory, Microbiology, and Medicine
• Chapter 2 Post-Germ Theory, Microbiology, and Medicine
• Chapter 3 Sanitation, Clean Water, and Food Safety
• Part 2 The Microbial Challenge
• Chapter 4 Identifying the Challenge
• Chapter 5 The Microbial World
• Chapter 6 Beneficial Aspects of Microbes: The Other Side of the Coin
• Chapter 7 Bacteria
• Chapter 8 Viruses and Prions
• Chapter 9 Bacterial Genetics
• Part 3 Microbial Disease
• Chapter 10 Concepts of Microbial Disease
• Chapter 11 Epidemiology and Cycle of Microbial Disease
• Chapter 12 Bacterial Diseases
• Chapter 13 Viral and Prion Diseases
• Chapter 14 Protozoan, Helminthic, and Fungal Diseases
• Part 4 Meeting the Microbial Challenge
• Chapter 15 The Immune Response
• Chapter 16 Control of Microbial Diseases
• Part 5 Current Microbial Challenges
• Chapter 17 Harnessing the Power of Microbes: Peril and Promise
• Chapter 18 Partnerships in the Control of Infectious Diseases and Unfinished Agenda

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