Published July, 2018
By Steffen Backert and Nicole Tegtmeyer
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This volume reviews the current state of research concerning bacterial virulence factors and the infection biology of Helicobacter pylori, which is the leading cause of peptic ulcers and gastric cancer worldwide.

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Published July, 2018
By Alex Loukas
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This volume of the Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) series covers the most prevalent NTDs in Oceania. A large part of Oceania's population lives in poverty and therefore is at high risk for certain parasitic diseases, such as hookworm infection, lymphatic filariasis, strongyloidiasis or scabies.

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Published July, 2018
By Jose A. Stoute
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In this book, some of the leading scientists in the field discuss the mechanisms of complement activation during malaria infection as well as the role of complement in the pathogenesis of key syndromes such as severe malarial anemia, cerebral malaria, and placental malaria.

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Published July, 2018
By Juan Rodriguez-Hernandez
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This book provides an introductory and general overview of advances in polymers towards their employment as antimicrobial materials. The author describes current approaches for avoiding microbial contamination, toward macro-molecular antibiotics, and prevention of antibiotic-resistant bacteria by use of polymers.

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Published July, 2018
By Elizabeth F. Rangel and Jeffrey J. Shaw
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This is the first English-language book dedicated to Brazilian sand flies and their medical importance. The book contains comprehensive chapters, written by Brazilian experts on their regional distribution, their ecology and their importance as vectors of pathogens and parasites.

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Published July, 2018
By Georg Hacker
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The genus Chlamydia encompasses a number of species of obligate intracellular bacteria, including important human pathogens like the most common bacterial agent of sexually transmitted disease.

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Published July, 2018
By Marc Stadler and Petra Dersch
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This volume focuses on antibiotics research, a field of topical significance for human health due to the worrying increase of nosocomial infections caused by multi-resistant bacteria.

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Published July, 2018
By Hongjun Li
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This book primarily summarizes the imaging characteristics and theory of parasitic disease, offering a clinical guide and practical approach to understanding, preventing and diagnosing parasitic disease.

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Published July, 2018
By Ruifu Yang and Andrey Anisimov
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Topics covered include the history, epidemiology, physiology, ecology, genome, evolution, pathogenesis, host-pathogen interaction, big-data-driven research, vaccines, clinical aspects and future research trends.

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Published July, 2018
By Bernd Nilius, Ole H. Petersen, Reinhard Jahn, Thomas Gudermann, Roland Lill and Pieter De Tombe
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Leading researchers are specially invited to provide a complete understanding of a key topic within the multidisciplinary fields of physiology, biochemistry and pharmacology. In a form immediately useful to scientists, this periodical aims to filter, highlight and review the latest developments in these rapidly advancing fields.

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