History of Microbiology
Man kind has always been affected by diseases which were
originally believed to be visitations by the gods and meant to punish
evil doers.
Hippocratus, father of medicine, observed that ill health resulted due
to changes in air, winds, water, climate, food, nature ...
LECTURE NOTES
For Medical Laboratory Technology Students
Medical Bacteriology
Abilo Tadesse
Meseret Alem
University of Gondar
In collaboration with the Ethiopia Public Health Training Initiative, The Carter Center,
the Ethiopia Ministry of Health, and the Ethiopia Ministry of Education
September 2006
, Funded under USAID Cooperative Agreement No. 663-A-00-00-0358-00.
Produced in collaboration with the Ethiopia Public Health Training Initiative, The Carter
Center, the Ethiopia Ministry of Health, and the Ethiopia Ministry of Education.
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, PREFACE
Text book on Medical Bacteriology for Medical Laboratory
Technology students are not available as need, so this lecture note
will alleviate the acute shortage of text books and reference
materials on medical bacteriology.
Since it comprises most of the contents of course outline on medical
bacteriology to nursing, pharmacy and environmental science
students, it can be used as a main learning material to these
category of students.
This lecture note gives emphasis on the knowledge and procedures
of medical bacteriology to common pathogens in our country.
At last but not least, the quality of this lecture note is kept updated
by continous comments made by users of this lecture note.
Abilo Tadesse
Meseret Alem
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, ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
We would like to acknowledge the Carter Center, USA, for financial
support for the preparation of this lecture note.
Our deepest gratitude goes to Prof. Dennis Carlson for his
invaluable technical and moral support for the completion of this
work.
We also extend our appreciation to those individuals who reviewed
this lecture note in different teaching institutions for the
materialization of this lecture note.
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