| Description |
1 online resource (272 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Contents |
Invasion and Dissemination -- Treponema pallidum Dissemination; Facilitating Immune Evasion and Bacterial Persistence / Simon Houston, Caroline E. Cameron -- Immunoseclusion and Chronic Infection by Borrelia burgdorferi / Robert D. Gilmore Jr. -- Immune Evasion -- Treponema denticola: FhbB, Dentilisin, Complement Evasion and the Paradox of Factor H Cleavage / John V. McDowell, Daniel P. Miller, Katherine L. Mallory -- Borrelial Complement-Binding Proteins / Peter Kraiczy, Reinhard Wallich -- Treponema pallidum Repeat (tpr) Genes and Antigenic Variation / Lorenzo Giacani, Arturo Centurion-Lara -- Antigenic Variation of VlsE in Borrelia burgdorferi / Troy Bankhead -- Modulation of Cytokine Signaling by B. burgdorferi / Vida A. Dennis, Aarti Gautam, Saurabh Dixit -- Leptospira: Invasion, Pathogenesis and Persistence / Syed M. Faisal, Sean P. McDonough, Yung-Fu Chang -- Immune Resistance by Relapsing Fever Spirochetes / Monica E. Embers, Job E. Lopez -- Persistence -- Neuroborreliosis Caused by Borrelia burgdorferi: Possible Role of Glial Cells / Mario T. Philipp, Geeta Ramesh, Geetha Parthasarathy -- Antibiotic Resistance in Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum, the Syphilis Agent / Lola V. Stamm -- Borrelia burgdorferi Persistence Post-antibiotic Treatment / Monica E. Embers, Stephen W. Barthold |
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Part I. Invasion and dissemination -- Part II. Immune evasion -- Part III. Persistence |
| Summary |
This book explores the many mechanisms by which the most prevalent Spirochetal pathogens persist in a healthy immune-competent host. Among them are the direct and indirect suppression of host immune signals, phase and antigenic variation, escaping recognition by host complement proteins, and seclusion into immune privileged sites |
| Analysis |
biomedische wetenschappen |
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biomedicine |
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immunologie |
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immunology |
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microbiologie |
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microbiology |
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antilichamen |
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antibodies |
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Medicine (General) |
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Geneeskunde (algemeen) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| In |
Springer eBooks |
| Subject |
Spirochetes.
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Spirochaetosis.
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Spirochaetales -- pathogenicity
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Spirochaetales
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Biology.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Microbiology.
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Spirochaetosis
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Spirochetes
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Embers, Monica E
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| ISBN |
9781461454045 |
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1461454042 |
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1461454034 |
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9781461454038 |
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1489996656 |
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9781489996657 |
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