The microbial challenge: human-microbe interactions

Identifying the challenge

The microbial world

The beneficial aspects of microbes: the other side of the coin

Bacteria

Viruses

Concepts of microbial disease

The epidemiology and cycle of microbial disease

Bacterial diseases

Viral diseases

Protozoans and helminths and the diseases they cause

The immune response

Control of microbial diseases

Partnerships in the control of infectious diseases

Biological weapons

Current "plagues"

The unfinished agenda.