The Pathogenic Spirochetes: strategies for evasion of host immunity and persistence

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Embers, Monica E. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Immunology.; Antibodies.; Medical microbiology.; Biomedicine.; Medical Microbiology.

This book explores the many mechanisms by which the most prevalent Spirochetal pathogens persist in a healthy immune-competent host. Among them are the direct and indirect suppression of host immune signals, phase and antigenic variation, escaping recognition by host complement proteins, and seclusi...