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Main description:
Bacillus anthracis causes anthrax in all mammals, including humans. Depending upon the route of entry of B. anthracis spores, infection can result in cutaneous lesions, which are readily treatable with antibiotics, or systemic lethal disease, which is nearly always fatal. The continuing worldwide incidence of anthrax in animal populations, the risk of human infection associated with animal outbreaks, and the threat of use of B. anthracis as a biological weapon warrant continued investigation of this organisms and its virulence mechanims. Furthermore, B. anthracis is an excellent model system for inverstigation of virulence gene expression by bacteria.
Contents:
Preface.-Introduction: Anthrax history, disease and ecology.-Bacillus anthracis evolution and epidemiology.-Anthrax vaccines.-Structure and function of anthrax toxin.-Bacillus anthracis cell envelope components.-Macrophage interactions.-Bacillus anthracis genetics and virulence gene regulation.-Subject index.
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Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Publication date: December, 2010
Pages: 184
Weight: 322g
Availability: Available
Subcategories: Immunology, Infectious Diseases, Microbiology
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