Antigenic variation /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Craig, Alister G., Scherf, Artur
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Boston : Academic Press, [2003]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Mechanisms of antigenic variation : an overview
  • HIV variation - a question of signal-to-noise
  • Calicivirus
  • Influenza - the chameleon virus
  • Rotavirus
  • Haemophilus influenzae
  • Phase variation in Helicobacter pylori lipopolysaccharide
  • Genetic variation in the pathogenic Neisseria species
  • Candida albicans
  • The MSG gene family and antigenic variation in the fungus Pneumocystis carinii
  • Trypanosome antigenic variation - a heavy investment in the evasion of immunity
  • Antigenic variation in Anaplasma marginale and Ehrlichia (Cowdria) ruminantium
  • Antigenic variation and its significance to Babesia
  • Antigenic variation in Plasmodium falciparum and other Plasmodium species
  • Antigenic variation in Borrelia : relapsing fever and Lyme borreliosis
  • Surface antigenic variation in Giardia lamblia
  • Free-living and parasitic ciliates
  • The impact of antigenic variation on pathogen population structure, fitness and dynamics