Main description:

This book updates in detail the microbial pathogenesis of various important pathogens, including HIV-1, MERS, SARS-CoV-2, Mycobacterium and Plasmodium. There is also a general discussion of the innate and adaptive immune responses against primary and opportunistic infections. The overall purpose of the book is to aid in the development of anti-viral and anti-microbial targets.

Contents:

Andrew George, ForewordUday Kishore, Editorial1. Fatima Alhamlan, Human Papillomavirus-Associated Cancers2. Suchita Bhattacharya, Mechanisms of immune evasion by Ebola virus3. Valarmathy Murugaiah, Innate immune mechanisms against HIV-14. Binod Kumar, Current insights into the host Immune response to respiratory viral infections5. Naif Alharbi, Immune Responses to MERS-CoV in humans and animals6. Hadida Yasmin, SARS-CoV2: Pathogenesis and host-pathogen interaction7. Ronan McCarthy, Antibiotic Resistance Mechanisms and their transmission in Acinetobacter baumannii8. Hadida Yasmin, Pathogenesis and host immune response in leprosy9. Anthony Tsolaki, Innate immunity and tuberculosis10. Janez Ferluga, Vaccination strategies against Mycobacterium tuberculosis: BCG and beyond11. Umakanth Girija, Candida pathogenicity and interplay with the immune system12. Janez Ferluga, Immune responses in Malaria and vaccine strategies