This text emphasizes the coverage of medical microbiology principles and infectious diseases. It focusses on the basic principles and concepts and is also suitable for students preparing for the health care profession. A portal of entry-based approach highlights how an infectious agent is spread through the population, and hence how to control its spread. There are clinical summary tables at the end of each chapter and a new set of "guidlines for isolation precautions in hospitals".
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