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Microbial Threats to Health:: Emergence, Detection, and Response (1st Edition) by Institute Of Medicine, Joshua Lederberg (Editor), Mark S. Smolinski (Editor), Margaret A. Hamburg (Editor), National Research Council Hardcover, 398 Pages, Published 2003 ISBN-10: 0-309-08864-X / 030908864X ISBN-13: 978-0-309-08864-0 / 9780309088640 Infectious diseases are a global hazard that puts every nation and every person at risk. The recent SARS outbreak is a prime example. Knowing neither geographic nor political borders, often arriving silently and lethally, microbial pathogens constitute a grave threat to the health of humans. Indeed, |