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Excellent learning aids such as footnoted word origins, pronunciation guides, chapter capsules, and page-referenced outlines.

"Microfiles" icons correlate to historical, medical, biotechnology, genetics, immunology, and spotlight subjects.

Taxonomic (name and class) approach to organization of human diseases (chapters 18-25)

Superb correlation between text, artwork and photos due to Kathleen Park Talaro's expertise as a scientific illustrator and photographer.

Case studies added, especially in medical chapters.

New to This Edition

Available with WCB/McGraw-Hill multimedia products Microbes in Motion, Hyperclinic, and Identibacter Interactus.

Updated classification to reflect recent discoveries in phylogenetics (using molecular techniques to identify something).

New and updated topics: New virus micrographs, Viruses involved in diseases such as mad cow, Martian microbes, Human genome project, Overuse of germicides, Recent developments in immunology, Drug resistant staph and strep, Mosquitos as vectors, Human erlichosis, Fruits contaminated with parasites.

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