Microbe Hunters : Paperback : Houghton Mifflin : 9780156027779 : 0156027771 : 28 Oct 2002 : From the top of today\'s news, where reoprts of Ebola and HIV loom large, comes the story of microbes, bacteria, and how disease shaoes our everyday lives and society thrives. The superheroes in this scheme are the scientists, bacteriologists, doctors, and medical technicians who wage active war against bacteria. The new Introduction to this book places this history in a thoroughly modern context.