Leptospira and Leptospirosis

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Adler, Ben (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Σειρά: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology, 387
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Immunology.; Medical microbiology.; Vaccines.; Infectious diseases.; Biomedicine.; Medical Microbiology.; Vaccine.; Infectious Diseases.

This volume covers all aspects of infection by pathogenic Leptospira species, the causative agents of the world’s most widespread zoonosis. Topics include aspects of human and animal leptospirosis as well as detailed analyses of our current knowledge of leptospiral structure and physiology, epidemio...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• History of Leptospirosis and Leptospira
• Systematics of Leptospiraceae
• Leptospiral Structure, Physiology and Metabolism
• Genomics, Proteomics and Genetics of Leptospira
• Leptospirosis in Humans
• Animal Leptospirosis
• The Molecular Basis of Leptospiral Pathogenesis
• The Leptospiral Outer Membrane
• Host Response to Leptospira Infection
• Vaccines Against Leptospirosis
• The Role of Leptospirosis Reference Laboratories.