Medical microbiology and virology

Microbial endocrinology represents a newly emerging interdisciplinary field that is formed by the intersection of the fields of neurobiology and microbiology.

This volume provides a comprehensive review of resistance induced by photodynamic therapy (PDT) in tumor cells.

This volume focuses on antibiotics research, a field of topical significance for human health due to the worrying increase of nosocomial infections caused by multi-resistant bacteria.

This volume captures emerging strategies, technologies, and innovations leading to international advancements in healthcare outcomes and health science education.

Unser über Jahrmillionen entstandenes Immunsystem ist auf ein karges, naturnahes Leben geeicht.

The fifth volume of Birkhauser Advances in Infectious Diseases is focused on pediatric infectious diseases.

Bluetongue viruses (BTV) cause diseases that have serious economic consequences in ruminants (sheep, cattle) in many parts of the world.

This book examines applications of multi-omics approaches for understanding disease etiology, pathogenesis, host-pathogen interactions.

This book series focuses on current progress in the broad field of medical microbiology, and covers both basic and applied topics related to the study of microbes, their interactions with human and animals, and emerging issues relevant for public health.

Integration in Bioanalysis: Technologies for Point-of-Care Testing, by Frank F.

The present volume of Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology c- tains seven chapters that illuminate various aspects of a protein's genesis and terminal fate in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER).

The Latin American region has been at the forefront in combating infections caused by Escherichia coli strains in humans, animals, and the environment.

Modern approaches to microbial classification and identification, particularly those based on nucleic acid analysis, have raised the awareness and interest of microbiologists in systematics during the past decade.

Computed tomography is presently reaching maturity with its high-resolution reconstruction programs, as a result of which conventional tomography has definitely been surpassed.

Visceral leishmaniasis (VL), (also known as black fever or Kala-azar) is a life-threatening disease first reported from the Indian subcontinent.

The Latin American region has been at the forefront in combating infections caused by Escherichia coli strains in humans, animals, and the environment.

This book is a direct result of a symposium held in December 1988, in Washington, DC, honoring Professor Emeritus Miodrag Ristic for his contributions to rickettsial disease research, in general, and, to ehrlichiosis, in particular.

This book is based on the proceedings of a seminar on acute viral in- fections of poultry, which was held in Brussels on 13-14 June 1985.

The human-animal bond has evolved and diversi?

The global spread of antimicrobial-resistant pathogenic bacteria is a continuing challenge to the health care of humans and domesticated animals.

Since 1975, when the University of Oklahoma faculty created their review course for second-year medical students, the Oklahoma Notes have been among the most trusted and widely used reviews for the National Boards.

Strategies to Improve the Quality of Foods, Volume One in the Developments in Food Quality and Safety series explores salt, sugar and fat reduction, while also discussing natural alternatives and nitrate and nitrate salts.

Revolutionary research is revealing how the trillions of microbes living on and in our bodies can keep us healthy .

This volume offers insights into human challenge studies, where adult volunteers are deliberately infected with a pathogen of interest.

Streptococci and enterococci are the etiologic agents of infectious diseases that rank among the most severe in human pathology.

Volume Immunodeficiency Diseases in Springer's gold-standard reference work on medical immunology focuses on infectious diseases.

This first volume of a two-volume set describes general aspects, such as the historical view on the topic, the role of information distribution and preparedness of health-care systems and preparedness in emergency cases.

This volume 1 of a two-volume work provides an overview of the current state of knowledge on the most common bacterial and fungal diseases in turkeys.

Revealing the many roles of RNA in regulating gene expression For decades after the discoveries of messenger RNA, transfer RNA, and ribosomal RNA, it was largely assumed that the role of RNA in the cell was limited to shuttling the genomic message, chaperoning amino acids, and toiling in the ribosomes.

This book highlights different natural products that are derived from the plants and microbes that have shown potential as the lead compounds against infectious diseases and cancer.

The world needs clean and renewable energy and hydrogen represents an almost ideal resource.

The successful prophylaxis and treatment of ubiquitous respiratory infections is essential for the enhancement of public health.

Although most clinicians are aware of the problem of antimicrobial resistance, most also underestimate its significance in their own hospital.

This detailed volume aims to elucidate the molecular mechanisms that underlie antifungal resistance.

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This important volume presents the symposia and panel discussions held at the VIII International Congress for Microbiology, Montreal, 1962.

This volume gives a state-of-the-art overview on macrophage functions in various invertebrate and vertebrate systems and diseases.

The global spread of antimicrobial-resistant pathogenic bacteria is a continuing challenge to the health care of humans and domesticated animals.

The Third International Conference on Haemophilus, Actinobacillus, and Pasteurella (HAP94) was held in July and August at the Edinburgh Conference Centre, Heriot-Watt University, Riccarton Campus, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.

The genus Chlamydia encompasses a number of species of obligate intracellular bacteria, including important human pathogens like the most common bacterial agent of sexually transmitted disease.

The book covers both the molecular aspects of hepatitis B virus replication and gene expression in vivo and in model systems, and the clinical impact of genetic variants or immunological response in chronic infection.

Molecular diagnostic procedures have been described in a number of recent books and articles.

Periodontitis is a disease that affects more than half the adult population in the world.

Reviewing exhaustively the current state of the art of tissue engineering strategies for regenerating bones and joints through the use of biomaterials, growth factors and stem cells, along with an investigation of the interactions between biomaterials, bone cells, growth factors and added stem cells and how together skeletal tissues can be optimised, this book serves to highlight the importance of biomaterials composition, surface topography, architectural and mechanical properties in providing support for tissue regeneration.