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Main description:
As a group, rickettsiae, and related bacteria, contain a number of human pathogens that have recently named as causes of 'emerging diseases'. This unique volume offers a thorough and current review of information on the pathogenesis and immune response elicited by memebers of the genera Rickettsia, Ehrlichia, Coxiella, Orlentia, and Bartonella, in contributions authored by the expert clinicians and researchers who work with these organisms.
Contents:
Molecular Rickettsiology: A Short History; B. Anderson. Immunity to Rickettsiae (Redux)? T.R. Jerrells. Cytokines Influencing Infections by Rickettsia Species; J. Turco, H.H. Winkler. Global Genetic Diversity of Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia; V. Roux, D. Raoult. Surface Components of the Spotted Fever Group Rickettisa; G.A. McDonald, et al. Oxidative Cell Injury and Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiae; D.J. Silverman. Intracellular Development of Coxiella burnetii; R.A. Heinzen. The Identification of Virulence Factors of Coxiella burnetii; O.G. Baca, L.P. Mallavia. Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis; J.S. Dumler, P. Brouqui. The Immune Response to Ehrlichia chaffeensis; P. Brouqui, J.S. Dumler. Clinical Aspects of Bartonella Infections; L.N. Slater, D.F. Welch. Virulence Determinants of Bartonella bacilliformis; M.F. Minnick. Stimulation of Angiogenesis and Protection from Oxidant Damage: Two Potential Mechanisms Involved in Pathogenesis by Bartonella henselae and Other Bartonella Species; T.D. Conley, et al. Index.
PRODUCT DETAILS
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Publication date: March, 2013
Pages: 245
Weight: 415g
Availability: Available
Subcategories: Biochemistry, Infectious Diseases
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