Published July, 2018
By Ruth Lyck and Gaby Enzmann
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This PIR volume presents a comprehensive collection of reviews that focus on the role of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) during steady-state and inflamed conditions. Within the central nervous system (CNS) the constantly changing bloodstream is strictly separated from the CNS parenchyma by the BBB.

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Published July, 2018
By Conrad Keating
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Published July, 2018
By Sunil Thomas
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Insect-transmitted rickettsiales diseases are significant sources of morbidity and mortality all over the world. Currently there are no effective vaccines against diseases caused by members of the order Rickettsiales.

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Published July, 2018
By I. W. Fong
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Published July, 2018
By Joshua M. Sharfstein
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
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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 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 Ibrahim M. Eltorai
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