For pre-nursing and allied health students (including mixed-majors courses).

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With the 13th Edition, new Exploring the Microbiome boxes present updated research on the microbiome and how microbes influence human health. New Big Picture spreads cover vaccine-preventable diseases, the hygiene hypothesis, vertical transmission and bioterrorism.