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World of Microbiology and Immunology

K. Lee Lerner and Brenda Wilmoth Lerner, Editors

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World of microbiology and immunology / K. Lee Lerner and Brenda Wilmoth Lerner, editors.

p. ; cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-7876-6540-1 (set : alk. paper)—
ISBN 0-7876-6541-X (v. 1 : alk. paper)—
ISBN 0-7876-6542-8 (v. 2 : alk. paper)
1. Microbiology—Encyclopedias. 2. Immunology—Encyclopedias.
[DNLM: 1. Allergy and Immunology—Encyclopedias—English.
2. Microbiology—Encyclopedias—English. QW 13 W927 2003]
I. Lerner, K. Lee. II. Lerner, Brenda Wilmoth.

QR9 .W675 2003
579'.03—dc21
ISBN: 0-7876-6541-X

2002010181

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