TY  - GEN
TY  - GEN
T1  - Host-Pathogen Interactions in Streptococcal Diseases
T2  - Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology,
A2  - Chhatwal, G Singh.
A2  - Chhatwal, G Singh.
LA  - English
PP  - Berlin, Heidelberg
PB  - Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer
YR  - 2013
ED  - 1st ed. 2013.
UL  - http://discoverylib.upm.edu.my/discovery/Record/978-3-642-36340-5
AB  - Streptococci are Gram-positive bacteria that cause a wide spectrum of diseases, such as pharyngitis, necrotizing fasciitis and streptococcal toxic shock syndrome, as well as rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease as sequelae. Antibiotics alone have not been able to control the disease and in spite of many efforts an effective vaccine is not yet available. A prerequisite for novel and successful strategies for combating these bacteria is a complete understanding of the highly complex pathogenic mechanisms involved, which are analyzed in this volume. In ten chapters, prominent authors cover various aspects including streptococcal diseases and global burden, epidemiology, adaptation and transmission, and molecular mechanisms of different diseases, as well as sequelae, vaccine development and clinical management. This book will serve as a valuable reference work for scientists, students, clinicians and public health workers and provide new approaches to meeting the challenge of streptococcal diseases.
OP  - 255
CN  - QR46
SN  - 9783642363405
KW  - Medical microbiology.
KW  - Immunology.
KW  - Vaccines.
KW  - Molecular biology.
KW  - Public health.
KW  - Bacteriology.
KW  - Medical Microbiology.
KW  - Vaccine.
KW  - Molecular Medicine.
KW  - Public Health.
ER  -