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Yersinia pestis: Retrospective and Perspective

This book addresses nearly every aspect of Y. pestis, approaching it from a new perspective. Topics covered include the history, epidemiology, physiology, ecology, genome, evolution, pathogenesis, host-pathogen interaction, big-data-driven research, vaccines, clinical aspects and future research tre...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Yang, Ruifu (Editor ), Anisimov, Andrey (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edición:1st ed. 2016.
Colección:Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 918
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Plague: a disease changed the path of human civilization
  • Discovery of the plague pathogen: lessons learned
  • Taxonomy of Yersinia pestis
  • Physiology of Yersinia pestis
  • Ecology of Yersinia pestis and epidemiology of plague
  • Genome and evolution of Yersinia pestis
  • Pathology and pathogenesis of plague
  • Genetic regulation of Yersinia pestis
  • Yersinia pestis in the age of big data
  • Immunology of Yersinia pestis infection
  • Plague: clinics, diagnosis and treatment
  • Plague vaccines: status and future
  • Bacteriophages of Yersinia pestis
  • Perspectives on Yersinia pestis: a model for studying zoonotic pathogens.