Synopses & Reviews
As a group, rickettsiae, and related bacteria, contain a number of human pathogens that have recently named as causes of `emerging diseases'. This unique volume offers a thorough and current review of information on the pathogenesis and immune response elicited by memebers of the genera Rickettsia, Ehrlichia, Coxiella, Orlentia, and Bartonella, in contributions authored by the expert clinicians and researchers who work with these organisms.
Review
`Excellent...this text will prove valuable to current researchers, investigators interested in moving into this area and other immunologists and pathogenesis specialists needing a comparative perspective.' Trends in Microbiology, August 1998
Review
`Excellent...this text will prove valuable to current researchers, investigators interested in moving into this area and other immunologists and pathogenesis specialists needing a comparative perspective.'
Trends in Microbiology, August 1998
Table of Contents
Molecular Rickettsiology: A Short History;
B. Anderson. Immunity to Rickettsiae (Redux)?
T.R. Jerrells. Cytokines Influencing Infections by
Rickettsia Species;
J. Turco, H.H. Winkler. Global Genetic Diversity of Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia;
V. Roux, D. Raoult. Surface Components of the Spotted Fever Group Rickettisa;
G.A. McDonald, et al. Oxidative Cell Injury and Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiae;
D.J. Silverman. Intracellular Development of
Coxiella burnetii;
R.A. Heinzen. The Identification of Virulence Factors of
Coxiella burnetii;
O.G. Baca, L.P. Mallavia. Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis;
J.S. Dumler, P. Brouqui. The Immune Response to
Ehrlichia chaffeensis;
P. Brouqui, J.S. Dumler. Clinical Aspects of
Bartonella Infections;
L.N. Slater, D.F. Welch. Virulence Determinants of
Bartonella bacilliformis;
M.F. Minnick. Stimulation of Angiogenesis and Protection from Oxidant Damage: Two Potential Mechanisms Involved in Pathogenesis by
Bartonella henselae and Other
Bartonella Species;
T.D. Conley, et al. Index.