'Infectious Disease' is a core text that integrates medical microbiology with the clinical manifestations, epidemiology and control of infection, taking the reader from the isolation room to the community at large. This book will appeal to students at all stages of their career, candidates for higher examinations, the general physician and surgeon, epidemiologists and experts in public health. It is designed to be used either as a basic learning text, or as a practical textbook in the clinical setting.