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infection biology, vaccination, clinical management
Historical aspects -- The population biology of Neisseria meningitidis : implications for meningococcal disease, epidemiology and control -- Methods for typing of meningococci -- Antibiotic resistance -- Neisseria meningitidis genome sequencing projects -- Phase variation and adaptive strategies of N. meningitidis : insights into the biology of a commensal and pathogen -- Meningococcal transformation and DNA repair -- Structure and genetics of the meningococcal capsule -- Genetics, structure and function of lipopolysaccharide -- Major outer membrane proteins of meningococci -- Iron metabolism in Neisseria meningitidis -- Genetics, structure and function of pili -- Mechanisms of attachment and invasion -- Role of complement in defense against meningococcal infection -- Surrogates of protection -- Conjugate vaccines -- Outer membrane vesicle-based meningococcal vaccines -- Genome mining and reverse vaccinology -- Vaccination for the control of meningococcal disease : the use of meningococcal vaccines from the public health perspective -- Pathogenesis and pathophysiology of invasive meningococcal disease -- Public health management
edited by Matthias Frosch and Martin C.J. Maiden.
Includes bibliographical references and index.