20th century microbe hunters : their lives, accomplishments, and legacies - Krasner, Robert I. (Sudbury, MA : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2008)
Carlos Chagas : Chagas disease--a death kiss -- Alexander Fleming : the mold that changed the world -- Charles Nicolle : the cause and transmission of epidemic typhus fever -- Richard E. Shope : discovery of the influenza virus -- Jonas Salk: development of the first polio vaccine -- Donald A. Henderson : eradication of smallpox -- D. Carlton Gajdusek and Stanley Prusiner : prions--all but the moo -- Robert C. Gallo and Luc Montagnier: AIDS--a 20th century ongoing plague -- Barry Marshall and J. Robin Warren : ulcers--a bacterial infection -- Donald R. Hopkins : eradication of Guinea worm disease
Includes bibliographical references
Keywords: Microbiologists -- Biography; Microbiology -- History -- 20th century; Microbiology -- Biography; Bacterial Infections -- history; History, 20th Century; Parasitic Diseases -- history; Virus Diseases -- history