Overview
- 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
- Addresses antibiotic therapy for control of infection, a baffling topic that lends itself to exalted interpretation
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Invasion and Dissemination
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Immune Evasion
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Pathogenic Spirochetes: strategies for evasion of host immunity and persistence
Editors: Monica E. Embers
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5404-5
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-5403-8Published: 07 December 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-9665-7Published: 28 January 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4614-5404-5Published: 09 December 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 268
Topics: Immunology, Antibodies, Medical Microbiology