Fritz H. Kayser
Kurt A. Bienz
Johannes Eckert
Rolf M. Zinkernagel

2005

Medical Microbiology comprises and integrates the fields of immunology, bacteriology, virology, mycology, and parasitology, each of which has seen considerable independent development in the past few decades. The common bond between them is the focus on the causes of infectious diseases and on the reactions of the host to the pathogens.