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Rickettsial infection and immunity /

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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 Rickett...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Anderson, Burt, Friedman, Herman, 1931-2007, Bendinelli, Mauro
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Plenum Press, [1997]
Series:Infectious agents and pathogenesis.
Language of science.
Subjects:
Rickettsial diseases > Immunological aspects.
Natural history.
Medicine.
Science.
MEDICAL > Infectious Diseases.
Immunität (Medizin)
Infektionskrankheit.
Rickettsia.
Rickettsiaceae Infections > immunology.
Andre fag (naturvidenskab og teknik) > Andre fag
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Table of Contents
  • 1 . Molecular Rickettsiology: A Short History
  • 2. Immunity to Rickettsiae (Redux)
  • 3 . Cytokines Influencing Infections by Rickettsia Species
  • 4 . Global Genetic Diversity of Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiae
  • 5 . Surface Components of the Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiae
  • 6 . Oxidative Cell Injury and Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiae
  • 7 . Intracellular Development of Coxiella burnetii
  • 8 . The Identification of Virulence Factors of Coxiella burnetii
  • 9 . Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis
  • 10. The Immune Response to Ehrlichia chaffeensis
  • 11. Clinical Aspects of Bartonella Infections
  • 12. Virulence Determinants of Bartonella bacilliformis
  • 13. Stimulation of Angiogenesis and Protection from Oxidant Damage: Two Potential Mechanisms Involved in Pathogenesis by Bartonella henselae and Other Bartonella Species.