Medical microbiology and virology

This book covers state-of-the-art topics covering evidences indicate that the gut microbiota can be harnessed for cancer prevention as well as to modulate the efficacy of chemotherapy and immunotherapy.

The book analyses microbiome-relevant findings focused on clinical needs providing the roadmap to implement recent achievements in the area representing a valuable contribution to the paradigm shift from reactive to predictive, preventive and personalised medicine (PPPM / 3PM) considered as the most advanced concept in medicine.

Although most forms of bacteria are harmless, pathogenic bacteria can cause disease and as such these microorganisms warrant scientific attention.

Spirochetes comprise a fascinating group of bacteria.

A symposium seems an appropriate vehicle to review recent, as well as new, data on important topics.

With the world's growing population, the provision of a safe, nutritious and wholesome food supply for all has become a major challenge.

Published since 1953, Advances in Virus Research covers a diverse range of in-depth reviews providing a valuable overview of the current field of virology.

This book provides an overview on the major neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) occurring in Sub-Saharan Africa, such as Leishmaniasis, Buruli Ulcer and Schistosomiasis.

Food Preservation, Volume Six, the latest in the Nanotechnology in the Agri-Food Industry series, discusses how nanotechnology can improve and control the growth of pathogenic and spoilage compounds to improve food safety and quality.

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.

A timely exploration of the impact of global change on the emergence, reemergence, and control of vector-borne and zoonotic viral infections From massively destructive "e;superstorms"e; to rapidly rising sea levels, the world media is abuzz with talk of the threats to civilization posed by global warming.

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

To promote effectiveness and minimize possible toxicity, the dosage of certain medications must be adjusted in persons with compromised kidney function.

By 1960 the scientific community began observing an ever increasing explosion in the literature embrac- ing the many facets of industrial microbiology.

Experts in microbiology and autoimmunity examine the association between microorganisms and the development of specific categories of autoimmune diseases.

Fungal immunology, an expanding field of research, studies the interaction between fungi and the immune system.

Scientists often look askance at their colleagues whose research appears too strongly focused on a single gene or gene product.

Atlas of Oral Microbiology provides a complete description of the oral microbial systems, illustrating them with a large variety of bacteria culture images and electron microscopy photos.

This book, Mechanisms in the Pathogenesis of Enteric Diseases 2, is an out- come of the Second International Rushmore Conference on Mechanisms in the Pathogenesis of Enteric Diseases, held September 3D-October 3, 1998 in Rapid City, South Dakota, USA.

This volume aims to enhance the current understanding of clinical features, treatment and pathogenic aspects in necrotizing soft tissue infections.

This book highlights the triumph of MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry over the past decade and provides insight into new and expanding technologies through a comprehensive range of short chapters that enable the reader to gauge their current status and how they may progress over the next decade.

Infectious fungal diseases continue to take their toll in terms of human suffering and enormous economic losses.

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

This text is an essential study guide for undergraduates studying microbiology modules on degree courses in pharmacy and the pharmaceutical sciences.

This textbook focuses on the nascent field of Immunoepidemiology that addresses how differences in immune responses among individuals affect the epidemiology of infectious diseases, cancer, hypersensitivity, and autoimmunity.

What justifies the size of this compendium of reviews on the paramyxoviruses?

Surgery in Systemic Autoimmune Disease, Volume 15, describes the state-of-the-art of the use of surgery in treating the most common systemic autoimmune diseases (SADS).

When discussing the drug, the bug, and the host in the past, emphasis was laid mainly upon the interaction between antibiotics and bacteria or the reaction of the host to the invading organism.

Human Papillomavirus: Proving and Using a Viral Cause for Cancer presents a steady and massive accumulation of evidence about the role of HPV and prevention of HPV-induced cancer, along with the role and personal commitment of many scientists of different backgrounds in establishing global relevance.

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.

Pharmacogenomics supports personalized medicine by translating genome-based knowledge into clinical practice, offering enhanced benefit for patients and health-care systems at large.

Multivariate analysis is a mainstay of statistical tools in the analysis of biomedical data.

This book provides comprehensive knowledge on diseases in livestock that are caused by viruses, parasites and bacteria.

The editors of this special volume would first like to thank all authors for their excellent contributions.

This book reviews all important aspects of Microbial sustainability in food production and food safety with the aim of shedding new light on these microbes through combined understanding of traditional and novel paradigms.

Tilapia Culture, Second Edition, covers the vital issues of farmed tilapia in the world, including their biology, environmental requirements, semi-intensive culture, intensive culture systems, nutrition and feeding, reproduction, seed production and larval rearing, stress and disease, harvesting, economics, trade, marketing, the role of tilapia culture in rural development and poverty eradication, and technological innovations in, and the environmental impacts of, tilapia culture.

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

Tuberculosis once again occupies a special position in the areas of infec- tious diseases and microbiology.

Pharmaceutical microbiology has a bearing on all aspects of pharmacy, from the manufacture and quality control of pharmaceutical products through to an understanding of the mode of action of antibiotics.

Examining meningitis mainly from a bacterial perspective, but also including an overview of viral, fungal and chronic meningitis, this book describes the anatomy of the meninges and clinical signs and symptoms of this disease.

This book provides up-to-date information on immunogenetics of fungal diseases in the context of primary and acquired immunodeficiencies.

Irradiation for Quality Improvement, Microbial Safety and Phytosanitation of Fresh Produce presents the last six and a half decades of scientific information on the topic.

Food Safety in Middle East provides the latest research data on food safety in the Arab countries of the Middle East and summarizes recent developments on food safety practices, policies, and legislations.

This volume looks at the different aspects involved in controlling microbial growth and the techniques employed in obtaining sterile surfaces.

Hepatitis C virus (HCV), a major causative agent of chronic liver disease, is spread throughout the world and around 170 million people are persistently infected.