Medical microbiology and virology

Heat shock proteins (HSP) have received ample interest by immunologists over recent years.

In recent years, the area of pharmacotherapy of GI inflammation has witnessed important progress, with new drugs and therapeutic approaches being introduced.

Chronic viral hepatitis has emerged as one of the most common causes of disease and death worldwide.

Infection of the lower respiratory tract is a major determinant of the course of cystic fibrosis.

Antimicrobial peptides have been the subject of intense research in the past decades, and are now considered as an essential part of the defense system in bacteria, plants, animals and humans.

Organs and tissues that can tolerate little or no inflammation have developed multiple overlapping mechanisms of immune protection in the absence of inflammation.

Viral infections of the nervous system are important because they are associated with high morbidity and mortality.

Die Anwendung von antibakteriell wirksamen Substanzen in der Veterinärmedizin erfolgt zum einen aus Gründen des Verbraucherschutzes, zum anderen zur Erhaltung der Tiergesundheit.

Zoonosen sind Krankheiten bzw.

Malaria has defeated previous efforts at eradication and remains a massive global public health problem despite being readily preventable and treatable.

Technological advances, together with a better understanding of the molecular biology of infectious microorganisms, are creating exciting possibilities for a new generation of replicating vaccines.

Bacteria and fungi are able to aggregate together or on surfaces in densely packed microcolonies, facilitated by extracellular polymeric substances for cell protection and stability.

This book covers the wide set of well-regulated virulence factors and defense mechanisms of Pseudomonas aeruginosa focusing on stress responses and the evolution of this opportunistic human pathogen.

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.

This is a thoroughly revised edition of a well-received reference work on helminthiases and their impact on worldwide public health.

This book presents a comprehensive collection of current knowledge and leading research about the blood-brain barrier.

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

This volume discusses hazardous environmental micropollutants, their impacts on human health, and possible means to mitigate their associated risks.

In this monograph, journalist Rinke van den Brink takes a closer look at the limitations and risks of today's antibiotic use.

This book is a compact clinical introduction to Lyme borreliosis for physicians of all specialties who care for patients with suspected B.

This book provides an up-to-date overview on the biology of microsporidia, focusing on areas where significant progress has been made in recent years.

The shift of weather patterns has affected the incidence and prevalence of infectious diseases, including mycoses.

This book reviews the current knowledge of the globally circulating SARS-CoV-2 variants, highlights their distinct genetic characteristics and associated conformational changes in the viral spike protein, and profoundly discusses the mechanisms of convergent evolution that led to the rise of these mutated strains at different geographic regions during the Covid-19 pandemic.

This multidisciplinary book discusses the manifold challenges arctic marine and terrestrial wildlife, ecosystems and people face these times.

Clinical and preclinical exploration of gene and cellular immunotherapy have seen rapid growth and interest with the development and approval of five Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-cell (CAR-T) products for lymphoma and myeloma and one Bispecific T-Cell Engager (BiTE) for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).

This book guides through the fascinating world of viruses and makes readers enjoy science in an accessible way.

This volume of the Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) series covers the most prevalent NTDs in Europe and Central Asia.

Over the past decade, the tumor microenvironment has become one of the most important research areas in cancer biology, as cells within the tumor microenvironment, despite being outnumbered by healthy cells, are able to evade surveillance and immune-mediated destruction.

This updated second edition of Molecular Typing in Bacterial Infections, presented in two volumes, covers both common and neglected bacterial pathogenic agents, highlighting the most effective methods for their identification and classification in the light of their specific epidemiology.

Death is not an end - it's a new beginning.

This book outlines essential elements of the evaluation of health surveillance within the One Health concept.

The book covers the taxonomy, diversity, bioactivity, and nanotechnology involved in the study of the genus Phoma.

This volume covers the most important parasitic protists that are known to infect humans.

This book serves as a comprehensive yet concise reference guide reviewing the latest knowledge on bacterial, viral, fungal and parasitic infectious diseases of old world dromedary camels.

This second fully updated and extended edition of the textbook serves as a highly readable guide on latest developments in vaccine development and vaccination programs in infants, children and adolescents from a European perspective.

This book provides a comprehensive discussion on the current information and evidence on the latest developments in the field of drugs resistance.

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.

In this monograph, journalist Rinke van den Brink takes a closer look at the limitations and risks of today's antibiotic use.

This book offers a summary and discussion of the advances of inflammation and infection in various cancers.

This book provides an up-to-date overview on the biology of microsporidia, focusing on areas where significant progress has been made in recent years.

This volume provides the reader with a detailed overview of the current state-of-the art approach of Hepatitis C management.

This second edition of Clinical Use of Anti-Infective Agents provides a comprehensive overview of current approaches to using drugs to treat infections, including historical perspectives, definitions, and discussion of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics and their uses.

This book provides a comprehensive overview on the most recent knowledge in dermatophytic infection biology.

The topic of this book, Collectins, is a family of proteins whose major function is in innate immunity, where Collectins act as pattern recognition receptors (PRRs).

This textbook covers the full spectrum of tuberculosis-related topics in a comprehensive yet easy-to-follow, readily accessible format.

This edited volume explores Campylobacter species, which are some of the most important foodborne pathogens.

This book examines an important paradigm shift in biology: Plants and animals, traditionally viewed as individuals, are now considered to be complex systems and host to a plethora of microorganisms.

This volume focuses on epidemiology, genetic diversity and global distribution of Hepatitis C, as well as laboratory diagnosis.