Rickettsial Infection and Immunity

Burt Anderson, Herman Friedman, Mauro Bendinelli (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

245 Seiten

1997 | 1997 ed.
Plenum Publishing Co.,N.Y. (Verlag)
9780306455285 (ISBN)

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Offers a review of information on the pathogenesis and immune response elicited by members of the genera Rickettsia, Ehrlichia, Coxiella, Orlentia, and Bartonella, in contributions authored by the clinicians and researchers who work with these organisms.

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 members of the genera Rickettsia, Ehrlichia, Coxiella, Orlentia, and Bartonella, in contributions authored by the expert clinicians and researchers who work with these organisms.

Molecular Rickettsiology.- Immunity to Rickettsiae (Redux).- Cytokines Influencing Infections by Rickettsia Species.- Global Genetic Diversity of Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiae.- Surface Components of the Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiae.- Oxidative Cell Injury and Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiae.- Intracellular Development of Coxiella burnetii.- The Identification of Virulence Factors of Coxiella burnetti.- Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis.- The Immune Response to Ehrlichia chaffeensis.- Clinical Aspects of Bartonella Infections.- Virulence Determinants of Bartonella bacilliformis.- Stimulation of Angiogenesis and Protection from Oxidant Damage.

Reihe/Serie	Infectious Agents and Pathogenesis
Zusatzinfo	XVII, 245 p.
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Infektiologie / Immunologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Biochemie
ISBN-13	9780306455285 / 9780306455285
Zustand	Neuware