title: Improving human health means eliminating microbial pathogens.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, University of Louisville, KY 40292, USA. r.atlas@louisville.edu
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Atlas
mesh_terms: D004783:Environmental Microbiology; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D011634:Public Health; D012899:Smallpox / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000821:virology; D012901:Variola virus / Q000502:physiology*