Medical microbiology and virology

The International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI) was estab- lished in 1978 to stimulate and support scientific research and educational programs related to nutrition, toxicology, and food safety, and to encourage cooperation in these programs among scientists in universities, industry, and government agencies to assist in the resolution of health and safety issues.

In this book the current knowledge on human cytomegalovirus(HCMV) as a human pathogen is lucidly summarized, bringingthe reader fully up to date with current knowledgeconcerning HCMV and all the known clincial and medicalaspects of diseases caused by, and associated with, HCMV.

The basis for the effective treatment and cure of a patient is the rapid diagnosis of the disease and its causative agent, which is based on the analysis of the clinical symptoms coupled with laboratory tests.

Peritrophic membranes are secretion products of the midgut.

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Never has so much progress been reported in immunology as at this congress.

The incidence of lung cancer has reached epidemic proportions throughout the civilized world.

Malignant growth of cells is often characterized by disorganization of tissue structure, abnormal blood vessel development, and insuffi- cient vascular supply.

rope it was mainly the states of the northern and centrat European areas which succeeded in achieving the extermi- nation or at least the regression of brucellosis.

Cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) control several viral infections in animals based on deletion and reconstitution experiments with CTL clones and use of CD8 genetically deficient (knock-out) mice.

A century ago the Italian pathologist Bizzozero described the relationships between spiral bacteria and the mammalian gastro- intestinal tract.

The last decade has seen an explosion in our understanding of how bacterial pathogens trick, cajole, usurp and parasitize their various hosts.

It has been almost 20 years since the discovery by Kohler and Milstein of the technology to produce monoclonal antibodies (MAbs), a discovery that promised revolutionary changes in research, clinical diagnosis and human therapy.

Understanding neutralization is particularly relevant to an appreciation of the interaction between a virus and its antibody-synthesizing host since it is likely that viruses and the antibody system have evolved in response to reciprocally imposed selective pressures.

In the rapidly evolving field of Helicobacter infection newdata on pathogenetic and pathophysiological mechanism haveappeared.

Although upstaged by the tragic appearance of the human immunodeficiency virus, herpes simplex viruses (HSV) types 1 and 2 continue to be major human pathogens against which we lack acceptable vaccines or other means of immunological control.

Shigellosis is present all over the world.

Band 3 der Reihe Ökosystem Darm befaßt sich mit den Abwehrmechanismen im Magen-Darm-Trakt.

Many RNA viruses have been known for decades to be genetically and biologically quite variable.

ADP-ribosylating toxins have been the focus of intensive research for more than 30 years.

The last few years have witnessed major developments in molecular biology which have had a significant impact on biomedical knowledge.

Canine parvovirus (CPV), a new virus of the Canidae firstappeared during the 1970s, but disease caused by this viruswas not reported until 1978.

The present volume contains 17 lectures of the 41 st Mosbach Colloquium of the Gesellschaft fiir Biologische Chemie, held from April 5-7, 1990 on the topic "e;The Molecular Basis of Bacterial Metabolism"e;.

Ökosystem Darm II setzt den interdisziplinären Dialog fort, der mit dem vor einem Jahr erschienenen Band "Ökosystem Darm: Morphologie, Mikrobiologie, Immunologie - Klinik und Therapie akuter und chronischer entzündlicher Darmerkrankungen" begonnen wurde.

and the development of resistance such recommenda- The aim of this atlas is to provide clear guidance and a source of quick and easy reference for all physicians tions can, of course, only be of a general nature in an dealing with patients suffering from exotic skin diseases atlas such as this.

Our current understanding of a/~ T cell receptor (TCR) ex- pressing T cells advanced from function and specificity to the molecular organization ofthe TCR.

An integrated retrovirus effectively becomes part of the cellular genome, but with the difference that the virus to a large extent retains control over its own expression through nontranslated sequences in the long terminal repeat (L TR).

In spite of a long history of intense investigation the transmissible spongiform encephalopathies remain a poorly understood family of neurodegenerative diseases.

The book provides a comprehensive account of ticks andtick-borne diseases occurring in tropical and subtropicalareas.

PCR, developed at Cetus Corporation/USA by Henry A.

The eighth workshop in this series on Mechanisms in B-Cell Neoplasia 1990 was held in Wilson Hall at the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland on March 28-30.

Eine der häufigsten Todesursachen bei AIDS ist die Infektion mit Pneumocystis carinii Pneumoni.

Helieobaeter pylori has recently been recognized as a new genus according to specific taxonomic criteria; the "e;popular"e; name Campylobaeter pylori has been corrected by scientific progress.

Candida, which was discovered more than a century ago as a causative organism of oral thrush, is now thought to potentially infect almost every tissue of the human body.

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

Although immunologists know rather a lot about the manif- estation of immunological memory, an understanding of the mechanism of memory at cellular and biochemical levels eludes us.

A synthesis of current knowledge on retrovirology, cov- ering the literature and the relevance of this rapidly advancing area to HIV and AIDS research.

Der vorliegende Band vermittelt einen interdisziplinären und deshalb auf seine Art ungewöhnlichen Überblick über neueste wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse, Störfaktoren und die praktisch-therapeutische Beeinflußbarkeit des Ökosystems Darm.