Epidemiological and molecular aspects on cholera /

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Imprint:New York : Springer, c2011.
Description:1 online resource (xi, 367 p.) : ill. (some col.)
Language:English
Series:Infectious disease
Infectious disease (Totowa, N.J.)
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8896630
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Other authors / contributors:Ramamurthy, T.
Bhattacharya, S. K.
ISBN:9781603272650 (electronic bk.)
1603272658 (electronic bk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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Other form:Print version: Epidemiological and molecular aspects on cholera. New York : Springer, c2011 9781603272643
Table of Contents:
  • Asiatic cholera: mole hills and mountains
  • Endemic and epidemic cholera in Africa
  • Phenotypic and molecular characteristics of epidemic and non-epidemic vibrio cholerae strains isolated in Russia and certain countries of Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
  • The re-emergence of cholera in the Americas
  • The evolution of vibrio cholerae as a pathogen
  • Molecular epidemiology of toxigenic vibrio cholerae
  • Diversity and genetic basis of polysaccharide biosynthesis in vibrio cholerae
  • Significance of the SXT/R391 family of integrating conjugative elements in vibrio cholerae
  • Small molecule signaling systems in vibrio cholerae
  • Vibrio cholerae flagellar synthesis and virulence
  • Filamentous phages of vibrio cholerae O1 and O139
  • Pathogenic potential of non-O1, non-O139 vibrio cholerae
  • Proteases produced by vibrio cholerae and other pathogenic vibrios: pathogenic roles and expression
  • Toxins of vibrio cholerae and their role in inflammation, pathogenesis, and immunomodulation
  • Vibrio cholerae hemolysin: an enigmatic pore-forming toxin
  • Integrin-mediated antimicrobial resistance in vibrio cholerae
  • Aquatic realm and cholera
  • Management of cholera.