Principles of Public Health Microbiology /

Burlage, Robert S.

Principles of Public Health Microbiology / Robert S. Burlage. - Sudbury, MA : Jones & Bartlett Learning, c2012. - xvi, 417 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The scope of public health microbiology -- The importance of water -- Water treatment -- Waterborne diseases -- Wastewater treatment -- Case studies on water and wastewater -- Food -- Meat production -- Dairy products -- Food preservation -- Vaccines -- Sexually transmitted diseases -- Airborne diseases -- Vectorborne and zoonotic diseases -- Biowarfare -- Surveillance, monitoring, communication.

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Microbial ecology.
Public health.
Environmental Microbiology.
Public Health.



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