Outbreak: Cases in Real-World Microbiology

Integrates headline-making disease outbreaks into microbiology coursework to provide critical content to college-age students.
• Presents case studies covering a wide variety of subject areas, including general, medical, environmental, and industrial microbiology.
• Integrates current outbreaks that are featured in news headlines into the classroom for added relevance.
• Features a discovery-oriented answer key that directs students to appropriate reference material rather than providing complete answers to the study questions.
• Introduces students to the relevance of diverse social, economic, political, and religious issues that exist in various parts of the world.
• Provides case studies of varying levels of difficulty.
• Presents complete information about each disease and microbe covered.