Tuberculosis and the tubercle bacillus / editors Stewart T. Cole ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cole, Stewart T.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tuberculosis.

Tuberculosis--microbiology.

Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Tuberculosis--immunology.

Medical Subjects:

Tuberculosis--microbiology.

Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Tuberculosis--immunology.

Physical Description:

xii, 584 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : ASM Press, [2005]

Summary:

- Reviews state-of-the-art corpus of knowledge in this critical area of global health research- Provides clinical and epidemiological features of the disease-causing strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis- Explores the genetics, genomics, cell structure, and metabolism of M. tuberculosis- Examines various animal models and their roles in vaccine development and testing- Features contributors who are world leaders in the field of tuberculosis research

Contents:

Global burden of tuberculosis: past, present, and future / Liz Corbett and Mario Raviglione

Overview of clinical tuberculosis / Philip C. Hopewell and Robert M. Jasmer

Molecular epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis / M. Donald Cave, Megan Murray, and Edward Nardell

Clinical mycobacteriology (tuberculosis) laboratory: services and methods / Leonid Heifets and Edward Desmond

Immune-based methods / Suman Laal and Yasir A.W. Skeiky

Molecular diagnosis of mycobacterial infections / Betty A. Forbes, Gaby Pfyffer and Kathleen D. Eisenach

Global impact of multidrug resistance / Marcos A. Espinal and Max Salfinger

Mechanisms of drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Ying Zhang, Catherine Vilchèze, and William R. Jacobs

Introduction to functional genomics of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex / Priscille Brodin, Caroline Demangel, and Stewart T. Cole

Comparative genomics and evolution of Mycobacterium bovis BCG / Roland Brosch and Marcel A. Behr

TB or not TB: a structural genomics mission? / Celia W. Goulding, Debnath Pal, and David Eisenberg

Gene replacement systems / Neil G. Stoker, P. Sander, and J. M. Reyrat

Repetitive DNA in the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex / Stephen V. Gordon and Philip Supply

Mycobacteriophages and tuberculosis / Graham F. Hatfull

Control of mycobacterial transcription / Issar Smith, William R. Bishai, and Valakunja Nagaraja

The proteome of Mycobacterium tuberculosis / John T. Belisle ... [et al.]

The cell envelope of Mycobacterium tuberculosis with special reference to the capsule and outer permeability barrier / Philip Draper and Mamadou Daffé

Structure, biosynthesis, and genetics of the mycolic acid-arabinoglactan-peptidoglycan complex / Sebabrata Mahapatra ... [et al.]

A waxy tale, by Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Laurent Kremer and Gurdyal S. Besra

General metabolism and biochemical pathways of tubercle bacilli / Paul R. Wheeler and John S. Blanchard

Iron metabolism in the tubercle bacillus and other mycobacteria / Luis E. N. Quadri and Colin Ratledge

Two-component systems, protein kinases, and signal transduction in Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Yossef Av-Gay and Vojo Deretic

Nucleic acid metabolism / Valerie Mizrahi, Michael Buckstein, and Harvey Rubin

Transport processes / Jean Content ... [et al.]

Receptor-mediated recognition of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by host cells / Matthew J. Fenton, Lee W. Riley, and Larry S. Schlesinger

Mycobacterium tuberculosis: the indigestible microbe / David G. Russell

Intracellular models of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection / John Chan ... [et al.]

Dendritic cells in host immunity to Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Marc Mendelson, Willem Hanekom, and Gilla Kaplan

CD8 T cells in tuberculosis / Stefan H. E. Kaufmann and JoAnn L. Flynn

CD1 and tuberculosis / Christopher C. Dascher and Michael B. Brenner

Th1 and Th2 cytokines in the human immune response to tuberculosis / Peter F. Barnes and Ramakrishna Vankayalapati

Role of antibody-mediated immunity in host defense against Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Aharona Glatman-Freedman and Arturo Casadevall

The PE and PPE multigene families of mycobacteria / Michael J. Brennan, Nico C. Gey van Pittius, and Clara Espitia

Mycobacterium marinarum and fish and frog models of infection / Michele Trucksis, Christopher L. Pritchett, and Renate Reimschuessel

Experimental infection models of tuberculosis in domestic and wild animals / Bryce M. Buddle, John M. Pollock, and R. Glyn Hewinson

Animal models of tuberculosis / JoAnne L. Flynn, Andrea M. Cooper, and William Bishai

Tuberculosis vaccine preclinical screening and development / Ian M. Orme and Angelo A. Izzo.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1555812953

OCLC:

56057984